Re: [Admin-discuss] [Trainee-admins] Meeting
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:23:12AM +0000, elephant wrote:
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 07:14:57PM +0000, Cian Brennan wrote:
B:What VM software should we be using? This is something where none of the current admins know very much at all, so we're fairly open to any crazy suggestions. I'm kind of leaning towards qemu currently, but that's with very little experience.
VM Ware ESX server is supposedly good for virtualisation. I touched on it for a while back in net communications, however, no idea what kind of load it would handle, nor the pricetag. Still something you might want to look into?
We've talked about VMware before, and it's definatly something that needs to be considered, but we're not going to get any more money for this project this year, so free options would be preferable. http://store.vmware.com/store/vmware/DisplayProductDetailsPage/ProductID.835... ... it's not cheap ;) a. -- Andrew Harford System Administrator, DCU Networking Society Equipment Officer, Societies & Publications Committee Ultimately, we're all dead men. Sadly, we cannot choose how, but what we can decide is how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered as men. --Proximo (Gladiator)
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 00:29, Andrew Harford <andrew.harford@redbrick.dcu.ie> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:23:12AM +0000, elephant wrote:
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 07:14:57PM +0000, Cian Brennan wrote:
B:What VM software should we be using? This is something where none of the current admins know very much at all, so we're fairly open to any crazy suggestions. I'm kind of leaning towards qemu currently, but that's with very little experience.
VM Ware ESX server is supposedly good for virtualisation. I touched on it for a while back in net communications, however, no idea what kind of load it would handle, nor the pricetag. Still something you might want to look into?
We've talked about VMware before, and it's definatly something that needs to be considered, but we're not going to get any more money for this project this year, so free options would be preferable.
http://store.vmware.com/store/vmware/DisplayProductDetailsPage/ProductID.835... ... it's not cheap ;)
"Dear VMware, please sponsor us, we will give you loads of college grads that think vmware is the knee of the bee. kthxbie" - bobb -- The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away.
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:29:40AM +0000, Andrew Harford wrote:
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:23:12AM +0000, elephant wrote:
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 07:14:57PM +0000, Cian Brennan wrote:
B:What VM software should we be using? This is something where none of the current admins know very much at all, so we're fairly open to any crazy suggestions. I'm kind of leaning towards qemu currently, but that's with very little experience.
VM Ware ESX server is supposedly good for virtualisation. I touched on it for a while back in net communications, however, no idea what kind of load it would handle, nor the pricetag. Still something you might want to look into?
We've talked about VMware before, and it's definatly something that needs to be considered, but we're not going to get any more money for this project this year, so free options would be preferable.
http://store.vmware.com/store/vmware/DisplayProductDetailsPage/ProductID.835... ... it's not cheap ;)
VM Ware ESX server is free. The management tools aren't. Since RB isn't going to need rapid provisioning or live motion (where you move between physical hosts without downtime) the free option would work. MS Virtual Server is also free and quite decent however there are a few lacking features until you install Hyper-V that would be noticed. Since Hyper-V is free maybe that would be another option? Hyper-V 2 is due later in the year and there is talk of free live motion type setup however I don't see how since the management tools will have to be paid for. Lastly, Citrix Xen just announce a free platform with management tools including live motion functionality. Not released till then end of the month and I haven't tested this one, but if it is a feature complete as the site lets you believe, then it'll be a real runner for anyone who doesn't want to use MS Enterprise Hyper-V for licencing reasons. -- This is the signature Really??? Imagine that
Ryaner wrote:
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:29:40AM +0000, Andrew Harford wrote:
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:23:12AM +0000, elephant wrote:
On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 07:14:57PM +0000, Cian Brennan wrote:
B:What VM software should we be using? This is something where none of the current admins know very much at all, so we're fairly open to any crazy suggestions. I'm kind of leaning towards qemu currently, but that's with very little experience.
VM Ware ESX server is supposedly good for virtualisation. I touched on it for a while back in net communications, however, no idea what kind of load it would handle, nor the pricetag. Still something you might want to look into?
We've talked about VMware before, and it's definatly something that needs to be considered, but we're not going to get any more money for this project this year, so free options would be preferable.
http://store.vmware.com/store/vmware/DisplayProductDetailsPage/ProductID.835... ... it's not cheap ;)
VM Ware ESX server is free. The management tools aren't. Since RB isn't going to need rapid provisioning or live motion (where you move between physical hosts without downtime) the free option would work.
If you are interested in the VMware option, have a look at: http://www.vmware.com/partners/academic/details.html - it may apply, or perhaps could be massaged into applying. We (ISS, formerly CSD) are a customer, so if you want us to get contact details, we'd be happy to oblige. Fergus.
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Andrew Harford -
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Ryaner