The most important question is what will the vendor support? If they're happy to support it on a virtual server, then you can ignore their recommendation. You can get a real server any time if you decide you need it. It may be complicated to switch, but virtualization has a lot of great benefits that are probably worth it.
If they won't support it on a virtual server, then reevaluate. On 4/2/09 10:57 AM, "Real, Will" <RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org> wrote: Hi everyone, We are planning to implement a color-managed publication workflow that includes a networked RIP installation. The RIP is to be networked so that it can serve two printers located in different places and also to allow more than one workstation to send print jobs through the RIP. The vendor has advised against installing the RIP on a virtualized server. We recently transitioned to a fully virtualized data center, and our IT staff is understandably keen to avoid "one-off" server purchases for isolated purposes such as this one. They intend to install the RIP on a virtualized server, despite the warnings of the vendor. Have any of you been down this road? Are you running your RIPs on a virtualized server or on a dedicated box? Thanks, Will Real Carnegie Museum of Art _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
