I think VMs are fine -- in fact - awesome. But - I don't think it is possible to improve the system by making it a VM. (Unless other factors are added)
-John On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Tanner, Doug wrote: Yes we also switched hardware, I am sure a lot of the improvement was the hardware and new generation of processors. I was a little hesitant about VM, but I am a believer. -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of John Sundberg Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 10:06 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Lifecycling Existing Unix ARS servers to Windows VM Weird - I wonder why? Assuming the OS behaves the same on physical vs virtual -- seems it would be impossible to function better if virtual. When you switched to VM - did you switch hardware too? -John On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Tanner, Doug wrote: Same here, matter of fact I was on dedicated Window boxes, and our performance got even better, when we switched to VM. Doug -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:59 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Lifecycling Existing Unix ARS servers to Windows VM Richard, My entire Dev/Test/Prod environment structure for app servers is Windows Virtual servers and I haven't experienced ANY issues related to the fact that they are virtual -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Gard, Richard J Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:19 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Lifecycling Existing Unix ARS servers to Windows VM I would not put production APP nor DB servers for Remedy on a VM servers. We live with (for cost considerations)filter and active link issues routinely in our DEV and test environments weekly. We handle a huge volume of tickets (over 2.5 million per year) in prod, and our systems are too critical to allow the hiccups caused on VMs. If you go to Windows, spec it properly with physical servers and you won't regret it. The mid-tier can be VMs, but we don't know yet if this will be and issue with the 7.6.04 version we are building out now. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jamie Boley [mailto:jbo...@aegonusa.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 01:43 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG <arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> Subject: Lifecycling Existing Unix ARS servers to Windows VM Our existing Unix ARS hardware is up for lifecycle this year, and we are entertaining the possibility of moving away from Unix to Windows VM, because it will reduce the overall cost for our environment. I'm looking to see if anyone has had any expierence (or whether is is possible) replacing existing ARS servers from one OS to another while keeping the same database. Basicially here would be our scenerio: We currently have 4 Solaris ARS Servers, 4 Windows VM Midtier Servers, and a dedicated Oracle Database on AIX. We are looking to swap out the 4 Solaris ARS servers and replace them with 4 Windows VMs running ARS, while keeping the same Oracle database. Thoughts...conerns? 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