[THIN] Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: Scalability of VMWare workstation 5 on PS
- From: "Tim Mangan" <tmangan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 08:35:39 -0500
Of course stripping everything possible from the Guest XP host will help
considerably. It is likely that there are lots of services and drivers you
can take out since all they do is log on to run that one app. If the app
will run on an older OS that will help - even an unpatched XP without any
service packs would be smaller.
tim
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 11:38 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: SPAM-LOW: [THIN] Re: Scalability of VMWare workstation 5 on PS
Tim,
Thanks for answering the question and avoiding questioning the question!
Yes, we have tried everything possible with this app including AIE, virtual
IP/Loopback, Softricity, etc. It is a very low overhead application that is
basically run once, logs into a call center processing system to re-direct
the phone line and then just sits there while the agent works. Disk access,
RAM, CPU, etc are negligible. The only real impact will be the base RAM is
takes to run the VM itself. It is currently running on MS Virtual PC on
Citrix at this site. Moving to ESX is the leading option, but it adds a
layer of cost and complexity which is not ideal for this client's
environment. ESX with Virtual Center and V Motion would add 30K to the
project and we are exploring using those same hardware boxes to simply add
more app servers to the farm and publish M workstation instead.
Regards,
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
www.thinclient.net
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Tim Mangan
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:40 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: SPAM-LOW: Scalability of VMWare workstation 5 on PS
Steve,
I run workstation, as well as GSX and MS Virtual Server in a lab environment
all the time. In your (customer) situation running a few virtual servers
that will be desktop OS's will be OK - assuming the host has sufficient
Memory. I typically keep 8-10 virtual OSs up on any given box with
"reasonable" performance. If the app itself does a lot of disk access then
disk speed becomes important, but it really is a memory thing that is most
limiting.
Not optimal, but you said you didn't want to get into that, and I know that
you clearly are familiar with application virtualization which would be the
more obvious alternative choice.
tim
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Greenberg
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 4:56 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: SPAM-LOW: [THIN] Scalability of VMWare workstation 5 on PS
Does anyone have any scaling feedback on running VMWare workstation 5 on PS
as a published app serving up XP desktops? # of sessions per server, etc.
would be helpful
Please don't respond to debate the merits, this is for a customer project in
which a single app will be run from these XP instances and it must be done
this way!!!!
thanks
Steve Greenberg
Thin Client Computing
34522 N. Scottsdale Rd D8453
Scottsdale, AZ 85262
(602) 432-8649
www.thinclient.net
steveg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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