You should have one DC on a standalone piece of hardware (IMHO) and then have one on a virtual machine....I wouldn't put it on the host. Two at a minimum.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Bob Fronk <b...@btrfronk.com> wrote: > If I recall correctly, the MS Licensing does not allow you to have any > services but HyperV on the host.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Walker, Michael [mailto:mwal...@mail.cvhp.org] > *Sent:* Friday, January 27, 2012 2:09 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Hyper-V Design Questions**** > > ** ** > > Hi All, **** > > ** ** > > I have very limited experience with Hyper-V and am about to do my first > install. Below is a descirption of my requirements and a proposed > configuration. My two questions are at the very bottom of the email in > Red.**** > > ** ** > > Any feedback or assistance is greatly appreciated!!!**** > > ** ** > > *Michael Walker***** > > *Senior Network Engineer***** > > Citrus Valley Health Partners**** > > 140 W. College Street, Covina, CA 91723**** > > *Phone/Fax/Pager: (888) 299-6882***** > > *mwal...@mail.cvhp.org* <mwal...@mail.cvhp.org>**** > > ** ** > > *Hardware & Software: * > > Dell PowerEdge T710**** > > Dual Intel XEON X5650, 2.66Ghz, 12M Cache, Turbo HT (6 Cores per proc)**** > > 48GB RAM (12x4GB), 1333MHz Dual Ranked LV RDIMMs**** > > PERC H700 RAID Controller, 1 GB NV Cache**** > > (10) 300 GB 10K RPM SAS Drives 6GBps **** > > Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise**** > > Microsoft SQL 2008 Standard**** > > Acronis Backup & Recovery Virtual Edition**** > > ** ** > > *Physical & Virtual Servers:* > > Physical Host**** > > Minimum Requirements: 1 CPU, 4 GB RAM**** > > Virtual Machine 1 – AD, File & Print Server **** > > Minimum Requirements: 1 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB HD Space**** > > Virtual Machine 2 - SQL Server - MS SQL 2008 R2 Standard**** > > Minimum Requirements: 2 CPU, 24 GB RAM, 1200 GB HD Space **** > > Virtual Machine 3 - App Server - MS Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise**** > > Minimum Requirements: 1 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB HD Space**** > > Virtual Machine 4 - Remote Desktop Server - MS Windows Server 2008 R2 > Enterprise**** > > Minimum Requirements: 1 CPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB HD Space**** > > ** ** > > *Usage:* **** > > There will be 15 users using RDP to access their EMR Application called MD > Office. Each TS Session requires between 50 & 200 MB. Of the 15 Users > there may be 5 using MS Office.**** > > ** ** > > *Storage Configuration: * > > 10 x 300GB Drives** > > 2 x 300GB (RAID1) - 1 300 GB Virtual Drive**** > > System Partition – 300 GB**** > > Host OS – 60 GB**** > > 3 VMs – 240 GB > **** > > 2 x 300GB (RAID1) - 1 300 GB Virtual Drive**** > > VM 1 Partition - 60 GB**** > > File & Data Partitioin - 200 GB **** > > SQL Logs Partition – 40 GB**** > > 5 x 300GB (RAID5) - 1 1200 GB Virtual Drive**** > > SQL Data Partition – 1200 GB**** > > 1 x 300GB (Hot Spare)**** > > ** ** > > *QUESTIONS: * > > With the above minimum requirements in mind - **** > > **1. **Would you keep VM1 for AD, File & Print or would you > eliminate it and run AD, File and Print on the Physical Host allowing me to > use my 4th license for an additional Remote Desktop Server.**** > > **2. **Do you agree with the Storage Configuration Design or would > you change it?**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
