I like my VDR appliances. I had some trouble with the 2.x, it kept corrupting the backup desinations. I have rolled back to v1.2 and all is good. They will lock-up occasionally, but a hard bounce will fix it usually. I have had to re-deploy the appliance on occasion.
Robert On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 3:47 PM, John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote: > I think he meant how are you going to backup your VMDK files. > Read this > http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1016407 > > John W. Cook > Network Operations Manager > Partnership For Strong Families > 5950 NW 1st Place > Gainesville, Fl 32607 > Office (352) 244-1610 > Cell (352) 215-6944 > MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 3:45 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > I assume I will back up to tape? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 3:29 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > What are you doing to backup your VM's? > ________________________________________ > From: David Mazzaccaro [david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] > Sent: 13 April 2012 8:06 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > Wow. This is perfect. > You probably just saved me some serious coin. > Thank you!!! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:45 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > vSphere will see all the RAM, but the amount you'll be able to use > (assuming vSphere 5) is licensed/controlled by your vRAM entitlement. > > It's one of the biggest and most contentious changes moving from 4.1 to 5. > > Here's VMware's licensing paper which lists it in all its glorious > detail: > > http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf > > So in a nutshell, yes, you'll have almost 600gb of RAM but will only be > able to use 1/3rd of it without ponying up for more licenses. Nice eh?! > ________________________________________ > From: David Mazzaccaro [david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] > Sent: 13 April 2012 7:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > So, even though I will have 588GB of RAM across all 3 hosts, VMware is > only going to see and utilize 192GB? > <confused> > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 2:05 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > OK one more thing: > > vSphere Essentials Plus gives you 6 socket licenses for vSphere Standard. > > Each license gives you 32gb of vRAM entitlement. > > 6 x 32 = 192gb vRAM across all three hosts. > > So 196gb per host seems slightly excessive (consider we can and > occasionally do run around 50 VM's on one host with 144gb). > ________________________________________ > From: David Mazzaccaro [david.mazzacc...@hudsonmobility.com] > Sent: 13 April 2012 5:54 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > LOL > Yes, that is per host.. and it is HP memory (hence the premium) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 12:42 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Hooray, I'm moving to VMware! > > I'm a penny-pincher, and I saw a only one thing that really stuck out... > > > 196 G RAM <- this was $45k alone > > Ouch! Is that 196 Gig per computer, or total for the 3 servers? Even if > it's 196 per computer, Crucial can get you that much ram for $8100... As > long as I'm looking at the right memory. > > http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=ProLiant%20DL380%20G7&; > Cat=RAM > 48GB Kit - ($899.99 each) * 3 for each server ($2699.97) * 3 servers = > $8099.91 > > <kidding>Hey, I just saved you $36k! 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