[windows2000] Re: OT - Virtualization
- From: Angus Macdonald <Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:58:17 +0100
We run a couple of low-use Citrix servers (<5 users but a very fussy app), a
PDC and BDC for a legacy NT4 domain, pairs of servers (on different physical
hosts) supporting various in-house developed systems and a variety of
similar machines. I would be happy to run mission-critical servers on VMWare
now that I have more experience and confidence in it but all of our critcal
systems are heavy-use.
On the desktop I use VirtualPC to run all sorts of legacy machines for
software testing and development.
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Ensor [mailto:densor@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 22 August 2006 11:39
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT - Virtualization
So you're running non mission critical servers, I like the idea of virtual
servers but most of ours have mission critical apps on. I like the idea for
lab machines though!
Cool.
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From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Angus Macdonald
Sent: 22 August 2006 11:30
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT - Virtualization
The physical servers have lots of built-in redundancy and I wouldn't class
any of thevirtual servers as enterprise-critical. In the event of a physical
failure I can copy the important ones back from tape (each server is only a
handful of files) to another server (I have a lower-spec server for
development) and bring them back within a few minutes.
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Ensor [mailto:densor@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 21 August 2006 15:00
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT - Virtualization
What happens though if a server fails? Haven't you put all your eggs in a
few baskets?
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From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Angus Macdonald
Sent: 21 August 2006 12:42
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT - Virtualization
I've got a couple of beefy Quad-Xeon, 12GB RAM machines running about 30
servers in total.
The main benefits are I can provision low-use servers without wasting
hardware and I can provision them quickly, typically less than 10 minutes
from deciding it's needed to having it available on the domain for use. They
are also easy to backup and move to another host in the event of a hardware
failure, although I've yet to have one.
Running VMWare GSX 3.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Leach [mailto:rleach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 August 2006 21:27
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] OT - Virtualization
Just curious...
How many of you are now using either server virtualization or storage
virtualization (or both)?
If you are using it, what benefits have you seen?
If not, do you plan to use it anytime soon?
Again, just curious.
TIA
Ron
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