> I have kind of a stupid question. Are people using these VM > servers for production use? I've heard of people buying one > top of the line piece of hardware and run multiple production > servers on it using VM. This just scares me because it seems > like one more point of possible failure, possible performance > losses, etc. Am I just being antsy of a new thing or is this > really not a good practice for production? I can definitely > see the value in development environments but I'm not sure > about production. Do the VMs have much overhead to them? Are > there security and/or performance concerns that need to be > taken into consideration?
VMware ESX is all about production. It lets you consolidate a bunch of (generally less reliable) little dedicated server boxes with a few high-availability big boxes. This approach is used in a lot of enterprise environments nowadays, to the point where I have to ask clients whether I'm working in a VM or an actual server. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246598 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
