[OPLINTECH] Community Library now running VMware ESXi

[Eric Maynard]

Bob/Chad,

I'm probably not as knowledgeable on this as I could(should) be, so please
forgive if I am asking the obvious to someone who is, but I was curious why
you chose VMWare over say something like Ubunutu
Server's visualization capability?

http://www.ubuntu.com/server/features/virtualisation



Eric Maynard
Head of Information Technology,
Holmes County District Public Library
Millersburg, OH  44654
Email [emaynard at holmeslib.org]
Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]
Fax   [330.674.1938]

"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"




On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Bob Neeper <neeperro at oplin.org> wrote:

> REF:   http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/
>
> System was a beefed up Windows 64bit server running  VMware to manage 7
> to 9 virtual servers.
> As part of an upgrade, Windows was to be replaced by ESXi (free version)
>
> Last weekend Chad  (Level 9 Networks) began the server upgrade.
> Short version:
>  Backed up everything
>  Broke the existing raid into 2 pairs of mirrored drives
>  Added a 2TB drive (1 more still to add)
>  Reformatted main drives, installed ESXi
>  Restored the virtual servers
>
> System performance has noticeably improved !!
> Some examples:
>  Backup to tape shaved 30 minutes of the circulation server backup
>  openSUSE Education (children's dept.) thin clients response greatly
> improved
>  External response from our websites and PAC greatly improved. Internal
> too, of course.
>  vSphere client to manage the virtual machines has some nicer features
>
> Probably the main reason for improvement was removing the Windows overhead.
> ESXi is dedicated to run virtual machines, Windows is not.
> Changing the raid may have contributed also
>
> There are just a few items left to complete in this phase before we
> continue to the next.
>
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> R. W. (Bob) Neeper     Cell: (740)-407-3572
> Community Library
> 44 Burrer Dr.
> Sunbury, Oh 43074
> Tel:  (740)-965-3901
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