[AccessD] Semi-OT - VM Ware

A few months ago at our SQL Pass meeting, a guy presented on running SQL
Server on Hyper-V.  He stated that running it on hyper-v with pass-thru
disks resulted in less than a 5% hit in their experiments at his company.

I personally use VMware workstation at home and we use it for all kinds of
servers at work.  

Thanks,
Bobby

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Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 9:04 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Semi-OT - VM Ware

I was just reading last night that the average DATABASE VM slows down the
database engine by about 
30%.  In my case, the VMs I can use cannot use more than 2 cores, whereas
SQL Server will use all 4 
cores if used on bare metal.

I am using VMs, but not for the database.  OTOH, I do not have the budget
for a server with a 
hundred gigabytes of RAM either.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Steve Erbach wrote:
> Rocky,
> 
> Our network admin relies on VMWare for all sorts of stuff.  He set up
> a monster server or two with 24 GB of RAM and 8 processors.  VMWare
> machines have been set up to run SQL Server, Exchange Server, web
> servers, etc., etc., ...
> 
> It's to the point now where he doesn't even consider setting up a
> system to just run an OS by itself.  Now, it's set up to act as a
> VMWare host to run multiple servers.
> 
> Interestingly enough, he doesn't use the latest VMWare 2 stuff, he's a
> believer in 1.4 or whatever the newest-but-one version is.  I trust
> his judgement because he is the absolute hugest uber-geek I've ever
> met, bar none.
> 
> Steve Erbach
> Neenah, WI
> http://www.NeenahPolitics.com
> http://www.TheTownCrank.com
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software
> <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote:
>> FYI: articles on VM in the San Diego ComputorEdge
>>
>>
http://webserver.computoredge.com/online.mvc?article=cover&issue=2706&zone=S
>> D&src=1
>>
>>
http://webserver.computoredge.com/online.mvc?article=in1&issue=2706&zone=SD&
>> src=1
>>
>>
>> Rocky Smolin
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