Re: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-11 Thread Devin Meade
> > > > > From: René de Haas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 January 2008 13:01 > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions > > >

RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread Benjamin Zachary
, but Im sure your high end emc box runs faster than my datacore box with scsi drives with raid0 vs raid10. J From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions Honestly

RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread Eric E Eskam
"Clayton Doige" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/09/2008 09:35:01 AM: > would I be right in saying that if I > partition the system so that there is say 30GB for the base OS, > and then put everything else on one container I will be better > off than my original spec below? No - containers are

RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread Benjamin Zachary
: RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions I believe there is disk recommendation setups in the Vmware best practices documentation on www.vmware.com <http://www.vmware.com/> Z _ From: Benjamin Zachary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:47

RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread Ziots, Edward
Issues Subject: RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions I would sway away from raid on a vmdisk personally and use storage failover at the bit level (iscsi appliance type). There is no point in partitioning out a physical drive that I have ever known and is magnified with a vm since your r/

RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread Benjamin Zachary
PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 9:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions Thanks all for the responses. Bearing in mind that this configuration is being designed as a disaster recovery system, where for that main, the only IO will be incoming

RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread Clayton Doige
base OS, and then put everything else on one container I will be better off than my original spec below? Thanks Clayton From: René de Haas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 January 2008 13:01 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions Since

RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread Mark Boersma
g you know. From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 6:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions Dear all, sorry if this is either off topic, or marginally stupid. I am about to spec out a box that will host 3 vi

RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread René de Haas
Admin Issues Subject: RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions My opinion is that if that array degrades, each vm is effected and the rebuild will take forever if its busy. Also, if one vm sees heavy disc IO, the whole system suffers. Not a lot of isolation there... jlc From: Clayton

RE: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread Joseph L. Casale
AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions Dear all, sorry if this is either off topic, or marginally stupid. I am about to spec out a box that will host 3 virtual machines for DR purposes. I wanted to run my thoughts past the list to see where the error in my

Re: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread Jon Harris
Not that I can see but then I do things a little different. This will also depend on which version of VMWare you are using. I do not have the money to invest in doing it as right as I should so I have to use the "free" version. I have a dedicated RAID 1 for the OS something like 36 GB or so. I a

VMWare Server Disk Config Questions

2008-01-09 Thread Clayton Doige
Dear all, sorry if this is either off topic, or marginally stupid. I am about to spec out a box that will host 3 virtual machines for DR purposes. I wanted to run my thoughts past the list to see where the error in my thought process is, as I am sure there is one (or more) lol. The physical mac