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Review: Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 | |
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| Time: 00:53 EST/05:53 GMT | News Source: CRN | Posted By: Jonathan Tigner | ||
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While server virtualization is nothing new, with the forthcoming release of Virtual Server 2005, an application that virtualizes the Windows 2003 Server operating system, Microsoft promises to ease server application migration and simplify testing environments using a unique take on the technology. Virtual Server 2005 creates virtual machines on top of the Windows 2003 Server operating system, instead of at the hardware level like many of its competitors. Hardware-level virtualization ensures that the technology is compatible with nearly every operating system, but this approach often lacks seamless integration with host operating systems. Virtual Server 2005 leverages the management and performance tools included with Windows 2003 Server, making virtualization an almost transparent process. |
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| #1 By 19992 (164.214.4.61) at Friday, June 18, 2004 10:19:39 AM |
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Montana - My experience has been that you need a fairly beefy machine to run multiple VMs comfortably. I'd recommend a fairly cuurent CPU and you should be able to dedicate 256MB to the VM, otherwise you'll notice some serious lagging on it.
My system is an P4 3.2GHz with 2GB RAM and I am able to run 4 VMs with no issue (Win2K3, Veritas VCS, Exchange 2003). This post was edited by happyguy on Friday, June 18, 2004 at 10:22. |
| #2 By 19992 (164.214.4.61) at Friday, June 18, 2004 12:37:54 PM |
| Buying one large box and running multiple servers on it reduces costs. Throw in that you can easily copy the VM from one host to another greatly increases it's usefulness. |
| #3 By 135 (208.186.90.168) at Friday, June 18, 2004 01:45:01 PM |
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virtual servers are cool
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| #4 By 19992 (69.170.13.208) at Friday, June 18, 2004 07:55:22 PM |
| #6 Not really, just insert the drives into another server and copy the VMs onto drives that will remain in the new server. The VMs don't care what server they reside on... |
| #5 By 19992 (69.170.13.208) at Saturday, June 19, 2004 09:57:10 PM |
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#9 Syncope expressed concern for losing his VM in the case of a hardware failure. The only reason I could think of for the VM being lost would be if he was running everything off of internal drives. In such a situation moving the drives from one machine to another would be helpful. Otherwise he could restore from backup to another server.
You need to stop making assumptions about other peoples networks and company size. What if either Syncope or I work for a company with fewer than 20 people? A SAN is hard to justify in these cases. As for myself, I've got a fairly large SAN environment to play with thank you very much. This post was edited by happyguy on Saturday, June 19, 2004 at 21:59. |
| #6 By 40 (216.68.248.200) at Monday, June 21, 2004 12:02:54 PM |
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I love Virtual Server 2005. I have been running it since MS gave me the First Alpha. I ran it while while testing and prototyping an Exchange 2000 rollout/upgrade from Exchange v5.5, (ran 36 virtual servers on 2 boxes), to running it at home playing with several test platforms, and on my laptop, and several machines at work, it works great. I put up GC/DC in Virtual Server sessions which allow me better access and control over my entire network. Many of the users have reported that the network is faster since i have add the virtual servers.
I have set it up for train of some It guys to help them learn, it allows them, and if the make a mistake, goback to the last good known copy, and reload. |
