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 <cryptworks@gmail.com> 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
>>> <boneal@cornerstonehome.com> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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-Eric 'shubes'
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