Virtual Server Solution and OS

[Andrew Mathenge]

VMware Server is really a desktop application to be used when a
desktop user wants to run additional operating systems. It really
shouldn't be considered as an alternative to running ESXi or even
VMware Infrastructure.

If you can't afford a SAN but a good server with RAID and built in
redundancy, perhaps you can afford to put all those eggs in one
basket.

Andrew.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:53 AM, <mcr at simtone.net> wrote:
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> There are significant advantages of ESXi over VMWare-server when it
> comes to disk I/O.  However, please realize that if you are putting
> critical infrastructure into virtual machines that effectively you are
> putting many eggs into fewer baskets.   You need to have spares.
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> ESXi is okay to admin, but they (VMware) really wants you to purchase
> Virtual Infrastructure, and wrap that up with a SAN of some kind.
> You can't manage ESXi from a Linux desktop, btw.
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> I thought that LeftHand Networks (now an HP company) would come through
> with a virtual SAN, but by the time you put together their license
> costs (just got a quote today), it is close to cheaper to buy a hardware
> SAN.   Without the SAN, you can't recover from broken hardware.
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> If you have no local Linux expertise then KVM is right out at this time.
> (That could change soon)   XEN is something to think about --- and
> CitrixXen may appeal to your management.
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