Virtualization And Hardware Questions and Answers

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What are the base physical systems for your virtualization plans?

What are the base physical systems for your virtualization plans? 2 or 4 processors? Memory? Disk? This question is sponsored by Microsoft.

asked by EdwinYuen

  3730 pts.

Combination of physical and virtualized blades

For a midsize company, what situation do you think justifies a combination of physical blades and virtualized blades? Why not just go virtual altogether?

asked by BladeMarvel

  35 pts.

Key factors in implementing virtualization in your org

What are some key factors that helped you decide to implement virtualization in your current environment? Once you decided, how did you choose which vendor was right for you?

asked by JennyMack

  3265 pts.

What tools are being used to diagram server architecture?

What tools are being used to diagram server architecture? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com

asked by ITKE

  10180 pts.

How integrated is blade technology into today's virtualization solutions?

How integrated is blade technology into today's virtualization solutions? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat on ITKnowledgeExchange.com

asked by ITKE

  10180 pts.

Moving Virtual Machines off and on server - VMware ESX 3.5

I have 3 virtual machines on 1 Dell Poweredge server that is running VMware ESX 3.5. I want to increase the storage space on this server so is it possible to move the VM's off this server while i make the changes and reinstall ESX and add the VM's back?

View Answer   |  Jan 26 2009  3:32 PM GMT
VMware ESX 3.5, VMware, Virtual Machines
asked by ITKE

  10180 pts.

Virtualization's impact on drivers and switches

What is virtualization’s impact on HBA drivers and zoning switches?

View Answer   |  Jan 23 2009  8:44 PM GMT
HBA, Virtualization and hardware, Switches
asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

Creating a cluster of physical machines to run virtual machines

I am wanting to create a cluster of 12 physical machines to be able to run multiple virtual machines. For instance a windows 2003 server running exchange 2003. An linux server running mysql, and perhaps a few others but all in seperate controllable virtual machines that span and use the power of...

View Answer   |  Oct 29 2008  4:18 AM GMT
Windows Server 2003, VMware, Load balancing
asked by Kgdirect

  15 pts.

VMware V2V

I'm want to upgrade the legacy hardware with VMware 2.x to New hardware with Vmware 3.5. What is the best practice.

View Answer   |  Sep 11 2008  9:59 AM GMT
VMware, Virtualization and hardware, VMware 2.x
asked by Sarpri

  5 pts.

Will vender's hardware revenues shrink as a result of virtualization?

Since virtualization allows one server to replace several non-virtual servers one would think this would be bad for HP,Dell, IBM and other server vendors. Yet it doesn't seemed to have caused the stock of these vendors to go down. Is this because the new virtual servers will cost more and have a...

asked by Jim4522

  275 pts.

Performance monitoring virtual CPU calls

I just read your advice on <a href=http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAnswer/0,289625,sid94_gci1274257_tax303723,00.html>performance monitoring for virtualization</a>. You said that translating virtual CPU calls to physicals ones was tough. Is this...

asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

Virtual vs. physical machines

What are some of the differences between physical and virtual servers that I need to be aware of?

asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

How can VMware VI3 servers be clustered?

I want to Cluster 2 ESX VI3 Servers. Should I use Veritas Cluster for ESX or VMware HA? I am told that VMware HA does not protect from individual VM failures whereas veritas does.

View Answer   |  May 21 2008  2:11 PM GMT
VMware, High Availability, Learning Guides
asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

ESX Hardware configuration

I am interested in bringing up an ESX Server to learn more. I have tried the Evals and am now willing to purchase the product. I have no need to purchase high-end hardware as there will be very few users. Does anyone have a specific hardware list (m/b model, etc)? Thanks in advance

View Answer   |  May 19 2008  2:36 PM GMT
VMware, Virtualization and hardware, VMware ESX
asked by CraigS65

  5 pts.

Migrating legacy applications to XenServer virtual machines

We have some legacy applications running on Sun SPARC. The goal is to have them on XenServer VMs hosted on x86s. Any advice?

View Answer   |  May 19 2008  2:39 AM GMT
SPARC, x86, Learning Guides
asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

Which are better, blades or virtual servers?

The cost of blades seems higher and the highly proprietary nature of blades seems to make it much less attractive. So is it better to virtualize blades or rack mounted servers? How do they compare in terms of power, HVAC, floorspace, racks and software costs?

View Answer   |  Apr 29 2008  9:46 PM GMT
Blade servers, Cost analysis, Server virtualization
asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

Comparing VM performance to physical servers

How much performance loss is attributed to virtual machines (VMs) compared to stand alone servers? A VM server cannot be lossless because the VM software itself should consume some hardware resources.

asked by SearchServerVirtualization ATE

  385 pts.

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