[THIN] Re: [THIN] RE: [THIN] RE: [THIN] Re: [THIN] RE: [THIN] RE: [THIN] RE: [THIN] Re: VMWare or not ¿?

  • From: "Jay Schaefer" <jyschaefer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:33:45 -0500

I've got a very similar setup to Chad with Citrix on VMWare.  2 HP DL385's,
2 Dell 2950's.  Perfect for our department apps with only a few users.
Citrix servers are mixed in with other odd application servers and domain
controllers.  Everything working great. (KNOCK KNOCK).  Only assigning one
virtual processor per Citrix server.

Jay


On 4/25/07, Schneider, Chad M <CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 Dual core, dual proc., 32-bit.



I would think so.


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*From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
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*Sent:* Wednesday, April 25, 2007 8:41 AM
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Re: VMWare or not ¿?



Those are dual core Opertons right?  Dual proc as well I assume in those
boxes?    Are you doing this all 32bit or any 64bit?



That should mean my Dell 1955 blades with 2x dual-core Xeon 3.0ghzprocessors 
should yield me similar results.  I'm going to have to give this
a try.  I
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*From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
Behalf Of *Schneider, Chad M
*Sent:* Wednesday, April 25, 2007 9:18 AM
*To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* RE: [THIN] Re: [THIN] RE: [THIN] RE: [THIN] RE: [THIN] Re:
VMWare or not ¿?

HP DL385G1 with 16Gb RAM, dual 72Gb 15K Ultra320 SCSI mirrored boot
drives; HP HBA; Additional two Gb NIC ports (4 total); back ended by HP
EVA5000 SAN for LUNS.



All hardware is on the VMware hardware compatibility list.



Running ESX 3.0.1


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*From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Mark Guzzo
*Sent:* Tue 4/24/2007 11:32 AM
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*Subject:* [THIN] Re: [THIN] RE: [THIN] RE: [THIN] RE: [THIN] Re: VMWare
or not ¿?

Chad,

Can you please list the hardware you are running VI3 on?

Are you adding any custom settings to the vmx file?



Thanks



On 4/24/07, *Schneider, Chad M* <CMSchneider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Multiple Citrix VM's, as well as other non-citrix VM's, per ESX box.

We have several ESX servers, and scatter our VM servers across them.

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Evan Mann
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:04 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] RE: [THIN] RE: [THIN] Re: VMWare or not ¿?

Can you be a little more specific of what you are doing exactly?  Such as:


1) 1 Citrix app server VM on 1 ESX box, no other VMs
2) 1 citrix app server VM on 1 ESX box, with other non Citrix VM's that
are low usage
3) Multiple Citrix app server VMs in a single ESX box



-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:56 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] RE: [THIN] Re: VMWare or not ¿?

We have several Citrix servers, PS 4.0 running on VM's (ESX 3.0).

We have used it mainly for things like WI, ZDC, etc., but have several
running applications as well.  WE are currently getting 50-60 users per
Citrix VM.

What we have saved is rack space, ability to get several formerly physical
servers, into a single 2U piece of hardware.  We are still testing, but we
also have found a slight savings in heat produced, as well as power used.

I like how quickly I can build out a new VM, based on a template, versus a
full server build.  I like the fact that any required reboots are much
faster.  I like the fact I can simply P2V from old unsupported hardware, to
a VM.

This is not for everyone, not for every situation, but I do plan to
continue moving more physicals to virtuals in the near future.

Just my $.02.

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 4:59 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMWare or not ¿?

Joe Shonk escribió:
> It depends,  why do you want to use VMware with Citrix?  What do you
> hope to gain?
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of David
> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 6:11 AM
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> Subject: [THIN] VMWare or not ¿?
>
> Hi list,
>
> I have been reading and searching information about using Citrix under
> VMware solution, and I couldn't find a clear solution.
> I have asked to some partners, and one told me that it's a good
> solution, but other told me NOT, (the worst solution to work with
> Citrix due to slow performance).
> So, I would like to know your recommendations about using or not.
> We must upgrade our servers (including the farm), and we're thinking
> about to use VMware for all kind of services, (basically, AD, Oracle,
> CITRIX,...)
>
> Thanks for your support.
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well, we want to gain better performance (as most of partners saiy), not
only for citrix but all of servers (like print servers, db server, notes
server, etc...) in order to reduce a lot of machine into one, two, or three.

and taking advantadge of it, integrate citrix as well.
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