1)
Yes, quite easy on a
modern box but to be on the safe side I would recommend 16GB Ram in the system.
2)
A modern dual quad
core Xeon with 16Gb RAM and decent raid should handle this very easily. You could
proably get away with single cpu quad core with 8Gb RAM.
3)
All have different
IPs.
4)
Not entirely sure I
unserstand this question. Are you talking about additional client VMs?
5)
It is more of a RAM
requirement per VM prediction, add together you predictions for each VM and
round up to the near 4Gb would be my recommendation.
If your server load is light
(Probably is with only 10 users) then Vurtualization of the servers is a good
idea. Virtualization of the desktops though may not be a good idea, will
probably be slower and annoy people. For fast restore of desktop hard disks
there are many imaging programs and PXE based network loaders that would be
better suited than Xen.
Rob
Sent: 13 January 2009 07:48
To: Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-users] New to XEN
Hello to all.
I’m new to Xen and virtualization. We are a
small business, with up to 10 users. In order to reduce our TCO, I’m
thinking on installing virtual machines to cut down costs and maintenance.
1)
A 10/100/1000 network to which
1 virtual machine server attached
2)
The different virtual server to
run in it are :
a.
MS Windows 2003/2008 Domain
controller, DHCP and DNS Server
b.
MS Windows 2003/2008 File and
SGBD Server (SQL Server 2005)
c.
MS Windows 2003/2008
Application Server (Autocad 2008, MS Office 2007, Outlook 2007, A windows based
ERP, Adobe CS, other graphical applications)
d.
MS Windows 2003/2008 Virtual
Desktop or Terminal Server (Maybe this should be the same as the previous one)
3)
One ISA2006 Firewall with 3 Net
cards (WAN, Intranet and Print Network). I want two separate networks, one for
users one for print, scan and fax hardware.
4)
One Print, Scan and Fax SMS
Windows 2003/2008 Server, attached to the Print, Scan Fax Network.
The thing is:
1)
Is it possible to run 4 to 5 VM
on 1 Server, Remember all are Windows 2003 or 2008 Servers?
2)
Minimum hardware requirements
for this?
3)
Do all server have different IP
addresses or all have the same?
4)
Can I install one Server with
several MS Windows XP WM per user? 10 to 15 MS WXP VM? Can each machine have a
different IP address?
5)
Since there is going to be a
big memory usage with the graphical applications, how much RAM is required per
user?
The main thing is to have all users working
with dumb terminals (Thin Clients), that can be up and running with minimum
hardware requirements. This brings down the time consuming operatios of having
to reinstall each of the user’s PC, when we have breakdowns.
Next week I’m starting to set up a lab,
trying to get it all to work.
Thanking you all for an early reply,
Ramón
Aguado Martínez
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