[Cialug] What should I be asking?
Matt Millard
gocyclones at eml.cc
Thu Sep 27 01:23:14 CDT 2007
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:24:39 -0500, "Theron Conrey"
<theron.conrey at dice.com> said:
> Matt,
>
> I'll assume that you're talking about using the Vmware ESX environment
> and not the free server setup and answer from there.
Yep, Vmware ESX 3.01 and installing RHEL4 ES as the quest OS.
>
> Some things to consider: What type of storage are you using?
> Is it NFS, iSCSI or fiber? Given the fact they're all Windows
> VM's I'll assume that you're either an iSCSI or fiber shop.
>
Storage is all local RAID10, not shared. These are meant to replace
standalone servers or small to moderate size.
>
> Just a couple of one off things to think about prior to going down
> the road.
Thanks for the advice. Looks like we'll be going ahead with testing and
I'm sure I'll uncover other issues but still nice to hear about others
experiences.
Matt
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