Nice piece, Ben. I might add that with a reduction in hardware comes an increase in reliability. I worked on a server some time ago that had SCSI drives which had a MTBF of 36 years. The server had 72 of them. One failed every 6 months, like clockwork. Ben Browning wrote: > Hardware agnosticism is one of the best benefits. I love ESXi dearly. > > Consider this: 2x redundant DNS servers, 2x redundant mail servers, 2x > redundant file servers.... A decent DMZ buildout for a small office. > > With ESXi you can do that in 2U of rack space and have complete physical > redundancy. Without, you need 6 boxes, several of which will be > underutilized. Balanced properly, you can more efficiently use > resources, EG a RAM hungry service, an I/O thrasher, and a CPU cruncher > can all play nicely together. > > Plus, cloning a box is a simple operation taking very little effort. > > SHAMELESS PLUG(combined with SHAMELESS PUN!): I wrote an article on my > blog about this a few weeks back. It's here: > http://www.bensbrowning.com/2008/12/06/benefits-of-virtualization/ > > ~Ben > > Stephen wrote: >> I was actually helping someone plan a business model on this idea, you >> have a server in place as part of a paid IT contract it would cover a >> loaner server fro just this scenario so your data could be move >> imported and running as is in a minimal amount of timew while the >> ahrdware as checked diagnosed and brought back up online.. >> >> On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Stephen wrote: >>> My sell on it is VMware ESXi will allow you to load your dead server >>> on any other machine running ESXi wich is free so your dead server can >>> be up and running in 15-20 min instead of 2-4 days depending on how >>> long it takes to get failed hardware working again. >>> >>> i sold a number fo them that way very easily >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Bryan O'Neal >>> wrote: >>>> I am a huge fan of VMware! I use it often, but outside my fathers >>>> engineering company I can not seem to convince many small businesses >>>> to use >>>> it. However, I honestly believe virtualization is on of the >>>> greatest things >>>> I have seen develop over the last 10 years and I am exited to see >>>> where the >>>> next ten will lead us. >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of JD >>>> Austin >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 10:11 PM >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >> >> >> > > -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss