[OPLINTECH] Community Library now running VMware ESXi

[Bob Neeper]

Hi Eric,

Chad will have his own reasons.

But when I was still at Mettler Toledo they used VMware.
This was probably around 1996
I bought VMware Workstation and used it on my work laptop, while 
contracting back to M-T

In 2003 we bought an academic version 3.2 for the library. Later a free 
upgrade to 4.0

Over the years VMware improved their products and began offering free 
versions, such as VMware Player.
Many pre-built virtual machines started to become available.
NIMA is one I mention every so often.

At some point they offered VMware Server 1 then 2 so it was natural to 
upgrade.
Then came the free ESXi so again it seemed an obvious upgrade
(Free is good)

The product has been very stable, we have used it for many years with 
excellent results.
The company has been around for years, has 7,100 employees, stock is 
towards 'strong buy'.

And I don't know anything about the Ubuntu Version. Didn't even know it 
was available

Oh yes, I think Chad learned  about VMware from me, way back when. :)

Bob

R. W. (Bob) Neeper     Cell: (740)-407-3572 
Community Library
44 Burrer Dr.
Sunbury, Oh 43074
Tel:  (740)-965-3901



Eric Maynard wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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 
> <mailto: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.
>
>     --
>     R. W. (Bob) Neeper     Cell: (740)-407-3572
>     Community Library
>     44 Burrer Dr.
>     Sunbury, Oh 43074
>     Tel:  (740)-965-3901
>
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