That was the quote I got from VMWare 2 years ago. I figured it would still be close I am suprised it has dropped that much. Here anything over the cost of the hardware is considered excessive. I have been begging for a new physical server to back up what we have now and the $15K I have asked for has been turned down out of hand. That would replace 3 physical boxes and allow what I have already virtualized to be shared/moved to a beefer box.
Jon On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:47 AM, NTSysAdmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where you get 5K from? Nearer 3 > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:36 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Need opinion on Blade Servers > > > > Some of us have little or no choice in the matter but is she can get the > big bucks and training then I would go for it as well but $5k just to run 3 > or maybe 4 virtual machines it a lot and that does not even include the cost > of training, just the ESX software. > > > > Jon > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Mike Semon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think virtualization of any kind for this project would be overkill. I > don't use VMware Server in production. VMware server like other hosted > virtualization > > solutions does not scale like those that utilize hyper-visor technology. > Hosted virtualization products also have higher virtualization overhead so > loose > > some of the advantages of virtualization. Good in test and dev > environments but not something I would unleash in production environment. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 22, 2008 7:18 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: Need opinion on Blade Servers > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
