Hi Jill We have a few vmware servers but are really we still rampping up.
I think you will want vmware esx which installs straight on your hardware. It costs a little more than gsx, an lots more than workstation, but is more efficient. vware's rule of thumb is 4 servers on gsx and 8 on esx. Using either server version allows mulitple admins to work at vmware, creating machines. You can control who stop's and start machines ... You will want a dual cpu system at least. You will probably want to buy the 'VIN' rather than straight esx. It will give you the ablity for your virtual machines to use both CPUs. It also allows some other stuff which is funky but you will need at least 2 vmware server to use it. You need to check vmware's SAN compatablity list. I just got hit with a nasty "no linux virtual machines on NetApp cluster". Your ideal world is at list 2 vmware 'VIN's connected to a SAN with the virtual admin console so you can vmotion live machines between system. Have fun. BB on Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 10:47:19AM +1000, Rowling, Jill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am starting to design a virtual server system for internal work. > The one piece of hardware would need to host a couple of RHEL4 virtual > servers (one primary, one for application test & development - mainly > Apache), and possible a couple of Windows servers (for old applications). > I'm thinking of using VMWare and not sure what the base host OS should be at > this stage (could be RHEL3,4 or even Win2003 just to annoy me). > The hardware would need to be able to connect to a FC SAN. > I would imagine it would need to be maxed out for RAM to accommodate all the > virtual hosts. > Dell has some hardware which should be able to do this. > > Has anyone had any experience with doing something like this? > If so, how did you organise installing patches and updates on the base host? > On the virtual hosts? > How did you find VMWare coped with the varying loads from the virtual hosts, > compared with running separate physical hardware? > Does adding a TOE (TCP Offload Engine) vastly improve the end-user response > time? > > Happy to hear any comments, > > Regards, > > Jill. > > -- > Jill Rowling, System Administrator > Eng. Systems Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia > Level 2, 55 Mentmore Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 > Phone: (02) 9697-4484, Fax: (02) 9667-3160 > -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > IMPORTANT NOTICES > This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this > email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject > of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its > affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named > addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in > favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because > this email was sent to you by mistake. > > If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, > distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of > Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the > mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete > it from your system and destroy all copies. > > Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in > accordance with applicable privacy laws. > > Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by > viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be > successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the > integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, > software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). > Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. > > If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic > communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for > clarification. > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- Bevan Broun Systems Engineer THALES Services Division (an ADI company) W: (02) 9562 2861 M: 0407 225 492 F: ((02) 9562 2857 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
