Yes, we're planning on using DRS and Vmotion as well. There are opportunities for us to simply use one virtual server per one physical box, but the DR portion built in provides us with a much better environment.
Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare / Virtualization To add to that, a well configured vmware box can arguably perform better in certain environments if you can take advantage of the vswitch capabilities. While you have a front end app with a back end database you could put those on the SAME vm and create virtual NICs that never touch the network interface it just gets 'switched' over from one box to the next, your throughput goes up significantly as well as your not using that same 1gb port for the incoming connections *and* the outgoing backend connection. I have ported over just about everything, including systems with hardware devices, like serial port devices (vmware server though) although I wouldn't do it as a rule of thumb. If you plan to take advantage of the Vmotion and DRS features of vmware, you could theoretically simply put one vm on a physical box, and have it fail over to another, so you gain the auto failover as well as you could in event of failure of other systems use that machine with its stand alone vm as the designated 'temporary' area for other vm's during a vmotion or drs period. So while putting 5-10 servers on a physical box is GREAT, you could also benefit on the devices that cant really share resources on a full time basis but be used in a limited scenario. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
