[THIN] Re: VMWare Server Sizing

  • From: "Tony Lyne" <Tony.Lyne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 09:32:58 +1300

That's the exact kind of information I need. Im new to the VMware side =
of things, Theres only been a very tiny implementation base in NZ (I =
guess that's about to change) with Terminal servers.=20

So you are saying with ESX I won't need to factor in a base operating =
system? Is ESX a base OS. Can it be implemented as a scripted install?

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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Fraser [mailto:chrisfraser@xxxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Monday, 23 February 2004 8:25 a.m.
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: VMWare Server Sizing

Hi there

What is your reasoning for choosing GSX on Linux over ESX?=3D20

The ESX management interface/console OS has quite a bit in common with =
=3D
Linux
(being based on RH 7.2) and you will incur less overhead under ESX. Then =
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you
can add on all the management goodies like Virtual Center and also use
Virtual SMP for dual-processor VMs.

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On =
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Behalf
Of Tony Lyne
Sent: February 22, 2004 12:04 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] VMWare Server Sizing


Guys,
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Im in the middle of designing a Citrix farm for a client and it seems =
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the
VMWare subject has been thrashed around here quite a bit. But one thing =
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I
can find is the number is VMware sessions that should be run per server
before serious performance issues are hit.

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The farm will be running Linux then Vmware on that which will be =3D
launching
multiple VMWare Win2k3 server sessions with MFXPa/e.=3D20

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If they will only be doing the basic work like MS Office and other =3D
office
applications, typically from experience how many VMware sessions would
people expect to get per server before they notices a performance hit?

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The server kit will be DL360G3's with 4GB RAM and mirrored disks.

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I was expecting to start with each server running 2 VMware sessions each =
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and
see how that goes.

There will most likely be vertical application servers as well.

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Tony Lyne

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