Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/Devirtualization Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/Devirtualization?atomcommentsDWiki2011-08-30T14:09:52ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/Devirtualization.From 131.137.219.14 on /blog/sysadmin/Devirtualizationtag:CSpace:blog/sysadmin/Devirtualization:d87d9f0aee7e2d56d0360d9c871c02e6d2748101From 131.137.219.14<div class="wikitext"><p>There is no real benefit to virtualization unless you have a cluster, shared storage, and live migration. Live migration is a "killer feature."</p>
<p>I also find that virtualization works best for light to mildly loaded systems. In your environment I probably would not virtualize an rdp server. However, in my shop of 12 people, everything is virtualized.</p>
</div>2011-08-30T14:09:52ZFrom 46.144.78.131 on /blog/sysadmin/Devirtualizationtag:CSpace:blog/sysadmin/Devirtualization:1cba67ce4511b1d4eeff2a386407224c038feabcFrom 46.144.78.131<div class="wikitext"><p>running production on a virtual environemnent requires using a cluster of virtualization hosts. You have just learned that. You need at the very least two hosts and one centralized storage array where the vm's live. That way you can turn one of the hosts for maintanance and the vm's keep running.</p>
<p>It's just common sense.</p>
</div>2011-08-30T06:33:27Z