|
Greg Helledy on 6 Nov 2017 10:08:20 -0800
|
[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]
|
[PLUG] small business server virtualization?
|
- From: Greg Helledy <gregsonh@gra-inc.com>
- To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- Subject: [PLUG] small business server virtualization?
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 13:08:24 -0500
- Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gra-inc.com ; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Date: Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description: Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=JvhU889zwCasu6aO9eApoCM9QZpqe8G1ODSYMBWGrYg=; b=KJuyRY89tvS1Fb2k/NQGSiw10g YqPjDZCXjiXoEzo/JLceB2z9FtOKPLPNv94FxfczV0ctSYgxCVwgQHqMPDviwOXd4jnT09CTp0jFl v7gFQPMdyY8TaBDeh6oJV0kjXtjsS9z5SNjyVnsugPQKswtLl96PGkLt5uvU7adkXHUMTPWRU6swr A2Iy6IiaVpejgtuISnWMDskDiiiypw1CuewrqkxeNMk1n0eU2NY+S5P4zJ2OWF6v2fWArEpyES58a bsMGFvw1TIxCBvUgHjuzSHWJ+x55E5kg2H6hfXCeYHKCybM9+eWvMSnSWUqNs+HGX6yE+yj2sYFfp TabRuBKw==;
- Organization: GRA, Incorporated
- Reply-to: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- Sender: "plug" <plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org>
- User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.4.0
Does the overhead of virtualization make sense for small organizations?
We have various applications running on two physical servers and run
into the situation where two or more applications need Apache so
configuration of one potentially interferes with configuration of
another. And likewise, upgrades or maintenance of one application
require the server to be taken offline for a while, cutting off access
to others.
Can it make sense to virtualize so that each application has its own OS
instance, which can be powered on and off, upgraded, etc. independently,
for a small business?
It looks like VMWare's vSphere Essentials would run us $500 or so a
year, is it worth it to pay that? What's the best alternative as a
bare-metal hypervisor, Xen? KVM is a no-go because we have to be able
to do Windows servers, too.
--
Greg Helledy
GRA, Incorporated
P: +1 215-884-7500
F: +1 215-884-1385
www.gra.aero
___________________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug