Mike Bantick
Sunday, 27 July 2008 07:43
Business IT -
Technology
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The mid-range application environment was a simple beast,
requiring only significant up-time as a box to be ticked. There was no
Database to manage, no complex CPU crunching code to be concerned
about, and as such looked like the easiest of contenders to be moved to
a virtual machine.
Out of the initial consultancy, it was determined
that each machine would be running approximately 12 Windows and around
3 Linux machines. The consultancy also indicated that 16 GB of RAM
running in a quad core X3650 should suffice for each server, and 150GB
of local storage was added to the package.
All up, for three servers, licensing of the ESX OS, maintenance and
professional services the cost hovered around the AU$100,000 mark.
Acceptable to management, given this was not part of the core business.
But some assumptions had been made, turning up to install the Virtual
Centre software on an existing server, the VMware consultant was
stunned to turn up to a site without a SAN storage solution, dedicated
mid-range database license, or Gigabit network between servers.
According to the consultant, these were mandatory infrastructure
requirements for a successful installation of ESX into a corporation.
He failed to understand that this infrastructure might not be
automatically part of a corporation’s set-up, and was upset to find out
that none of this was mentioned as essential during the initial
consultations, or for that matter part of the budget.
The most disappointing aspect of this whole process was that the
consultant was inflexible and unable to come up with a viable solution
to the issue. So what was the bottom line issue?
Please read on to page
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