Gilbert M. Hale wrote: >> virtualization vs physical machines, > here is the bottom line. If I used physical machines I would need 27 PCs > that would cost (with PC, UPS, external backup HDD units and backup SyncBack > software) about $2,140 each. And each PC with its external HDDs takes about > $10/month in electricity to run - not including the further additional heat > load the air conditioning would have to fight. Using VMware I can get by > with 7 ESXi Servers (punchy workstation class PCs), with a cost of $2,500 > each with all the fluff (SyncBack, UPS, external HDDs) - plus the VMware > licensing of course. The difference is $57,780 for 27 physical PCs, plus > $270.month for electricity vs $17,500 for 7 physical ESXi Server PCs and > about $70/month for electricity
Hi Gil! Sweet. My next question is - why? You have, say, six machines on one box. Where do the users sit, around a table? Or, if they are throughout the building, why not thin client? Just asking :-) -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
