I'm looking at VMWare, ESXi 4, but I'll take any advice offered. On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 19:40, Erik Trimble <erik.trim...@oracle.com> wrote:
> On 6/6/2010 6:22 PM, Ken wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking to build a virtualized web hosting server environment > accessing files on a hybrid storage SAN. I was looking at using the Sun > X-Fire x4540 with the following configuration: > > - 6 RAID-Z vdevs with one hot spare each (all 500GB 7200RPM SATA > drives) > - 2 Intel X-25 32GB SSD's as a mirrored ZIL > - 4 Intel X-25 64GB SSD's as the L2ARC. > - De-duplification > - LZJB compression > > The clients will be Apache web hosts serving hundreds of domains. > > I have the following questions: > > - Should I use NFS with all five VM's accessing the exports, or one LUN > for each VM, accessed over iSCSI? > - Are the FSYNC speed issues with NFS resolved? > - Should I go with fiber channel, or will the 4 built-in 1Gbe NIC's > give me enough speed? > - How many SSD's should I use for the ZIL and L2ARC? > - What pool structure should I use? > > I know these questions are slightly vague, but any input would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks! > > > Which Virtual Machine technology are you going to use? > > VirtualBox > VMWare > Xen > Solaris Zones > Somethinge else... > > It will make a difference as to my recommendation (or, do you want me to > recommend a VM type, too?) > > <grin> > > > > -- > Erik Trimble > Java System Support > Mailstop: usca22-123 > Phone: x17195 > Santa Clara, CA > >
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