Hi Thomas, That's not a bad configuration! I have 18 boxes, however, they are not on VMWARE nor VPC. Ok, though it will help heat my house this winter! I'm going to setup a portable lab on my laptop and since I just got VPC thought I would try that out and see if I can load, Windows 2003, Linux, and Windows 2000 so that I can test migration situations. I finally got ISA 2004!! Boy am I behind the curve on that one. So, it will be nice messing around with migration scenarios and the web services I've created to move configuration information around to each box. Joseph -----Original Message----- From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:04 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: Preparing first 25% of new ISA test lab http://www.ISAserver.org Hi Joseph, I prefer VMware because I've been using it ever since it was in pre-beta. Its always done what I've wanted it to do and its one of the few applications that I've paid for every upgrade :-) That's not to knock Vpc. I can't know it because I haven't used it much. In fact, the performance seems a bit better than VMware, although the networking from anything but the simplest scenarios is problematic for me -- but then again, it could be that I just don't understand it. The machine getting those four VMs only have 1 GB of memory and a puny 1.8GHz P4. But it does pretty good. 12 more VMs will go on two GSX servers on different machines in the lab. So the entire test lab will have 16 'boxes'. Tom www.isaserver.org/shinder Get the book! Tom and Deb Shinder's Configuring ISA Server 2004 http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7 MVP -- ISA Firewalls -----Original Message----- From: josephk [mailto:josephk@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 10:40 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] RE: Preparing first 25% of new ISA test lab http://www.ISAserver.org Hi Thomas, Do you like vmware better the Virtual pc 2004/5? And, what is the configuration of your machine? Thank you, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: Thomas W Shinder [mailto:tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 8:06 PM To: [ISAserver.org Discussion List] Subject: [isalist] Preparing first 25% of new ISA test lab http://www.ISAserver.org http://www.msfirewall.org/testing/preparing4ee.htm ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: josephk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist ISA Server Newsletter: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/newsletter.asp ISA Server FAQ: http://www.isaserver.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: World of Windows Networking: http://www.windowsnetworking.com Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com No.1 Exchange Server Resource Site: http://www.msexchange.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this ISAserver.org Discussion List as: josephk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe visit http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=isalist Report abuse to listadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx