> -----Original Message----- > From: Adrocknaphobia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:25 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: CF Licensing on VMs? > > Jim there is nothing cheap about VMWare. Although they will pitch the > whole 'sever consolidation' aspect as a major benefit, we're finging > it really isn't. > The bottom line is that it's a heck of alot cheaper to purchase 2 dual > CPU servers than it is to purchase 1 quad CPU server. The gap gets > larger and larger the more CPUs you are talking about. How much are > you paying for a 32-way?
I'm not paying for a thing - this is an enterprise solution we're being told to adopt. When you employ 50 or 60 thousand people you've gotta start dividing up the labor. ;^) The physical servers and data centers already exist - we're just being told move our legacy stuff onto/into them. > Then you get into alot of other issues like network cards and traffic > because your not just sharing CPU, you are sharing other resources you > traditionaly havent shared before. Enter the single point of failure. > If you have one 32-way, you'll probably want a second for > redundancy.... I've got nothing at all to say about it - I'm actually several areas removed from that: I (a developer) talks to our project management team who sets up meeting with the "Web Infrastructure and Design" team who manages steady-state servers. They would then talk to the "Internet Engineering and Design" about things like capacity planning, servers needed and the like. They would, in turn, talk to the Siemans managed "System Lifecycle management team" to actually obtain hardware or server space. In there you've also got a team who only job is manage Security access (firewall, domain security, etc) another who manages all access to the mainframe (our app replicates data from the mainframe) and several others who control middle tier data layers. It's SO MUCH FUN! ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:215516 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
