Posts Tagged "Virtualization"
Virtual Server 2005 R2 & iSCSI
Microsoft has an article available regarding Virtual Server 2005 R2 and iSCSI. I've been digging around on the forums and it seems the only way to really get the performance out of this is by having the iSCSI storage on the actual host machine. I haven't played with it, don't know enough about it but I do know iSCSI is way cool and I'm dying to play with it....
Read MoreVirtual Server SCSI or IDE drives and why is SCSI so damn slow?
So in the Virtual Server how to on setting up a 2 node cluster there was mention that you should select the SCSI drive emulatored because the IDE emulator was slower than the SCSI one and that this was true even if you were running on IDE disks. Strange, right? Virtual PC Guy recently wrote a new blog entry that really sums up the two versions of disks and why one over the other:...
Read MoreCreating a Virtual Server 2005 Cluster
Server Virtualization is becoming a major item these days and is many companies are adopting it. I've heard storys all over the place from development to production, from guys using it to setup test labs of multiple servers using only a handful of boxes to companies replacing 700 physical servers with less than 350. For the hosting industry I believe this technology is going to...
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