I'd stick to physical servers for heavily loaded Citrix installations. For lightly utilised servers, VMWare is untouchable. -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Pitsch [mailto:jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 03 June 2005 16:59 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Input blade environment vs. ESX Virtual environmen t for Citrix No way are you getting 3 -4 VM's on a 2U box AND get a decent amount of users on them. Jeff Pitsch On 6/3/05, Schneider, Chad M <CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good point...part of what we are looking to do, is server space > consolidation. > > If I can get 3-4 servers (ESX) in a 2 U server, great. If I can get 16 > servers (Blades) in 6U of space, great. Then, the decision is > administration, reliability, performance. > > -----Original Message----- > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Dogers > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:52 AM > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] Re: Input blade environment vs. ESX Virtual environmen t for > Citrix > > On 03/06/05, Schneider, Chad M <CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > No hardware purchases have been made....the decision on direction will > > cause the purchase of hardware, whatever that may be. > > So is it just for future expansion, or for a specific project? If expansion, > I'd probably play safe(ish?) and go with blades, if its a specific project > then ESX might be a better choice. > > The problem with blades, as people are saying more and more now, if the fact > they produce more heat than standard servers, so you need to ensure your > data centre can take them, too. > > Andrew > ******************************************************** > This Weeks Sponsor: ThinPrint GmbH > Now available: The new version .print Engine 6.2 with SSL encryption and > certificate management. > http://www.thinprint.com > ********************************************************** > Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: > http://thin.net/links.cfm > ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! > http://www.thinwiki.com > *********************************************************** > For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use > the below link: > http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm > > ******************************************************** > This Weeks Sponsor: ThinPrint GmbH > Now available: The new version .print Engine 6.2 with SSL encryption > and certificate management. > http://www.thinprint.com > ********************************************************** > Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: > http://thin.net/links.cfm > ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! > http://www.thinwiki.com > *********************************************************** > For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or > set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: > http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm > ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: ThinPrint GmbH Now available: The new version .print Engine 6.2 with SSL encryption and certificate management. http://www.thinprint.com ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! http://www.thinwiki.com *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm Gallai'r e-bost yma gynnwys gwybodaeth gyfrinachol a/neu ddeunydd hawlfraint. 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