OT: VMware

[Remy de Ruysscher]

We are investigating VM Virtual Infrastructure 3.0 (not free) with a FC SAN.
This allows you to dynamically adjust resources, 
with Virtual SMP you could cluster your servers into one pool and allocate
80% of the pool to one virtual machine.

Offcourse VMWare won't make the server any faster but with a large pool you
can easily benefit of VSMP.

Regards,
Remy.

BTW It can also dynamically auto adjust your resources with DRS.



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[mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian
Field
Sent: donderdag 31 mei 2007 15:04
To: MailScanner discussion
Subject: Re: OT: VMware

I just use it for testing, particularly odd operating systems and 
installation scripts. On my Macs I use Parallels for running Windows 
apps on a Mac, but I don't run any production mail servers with 
virtualisation. I need every last ounce of power for handling the mail, 
I can't afford the overhead caused by having VMware in the way.

Rodney Green wrote:
> Hello,
>  
> I've seen VMware mentioned in a recent thread. What are the benefits 
> of using such a solution for an e-mail server?
> I'm downloading VMware Server; the "free" version. Is this what you 
> guys are using? Is it indeed free?
>  
> I just never thought of using virtualization for an e-mail server. 
> It's an interesting idea and would like to hear from
> people already doing it.
>  
> Thanks,
> Rod
>
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