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[Xen-users] Single Windows server

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From: Joe <j.commisso@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:04:08 -0400
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Hi List,

We are purchasing a single windows server and will have 25 or so XP-Pro clients.
About half of the clients will be through VPN.

Question: Would it be advantageous to virtualize the single windows server with Xen? I can think of a few advantages, such as saving off a copy for disaster recovery, and I am sure there are more, but I guess I am looking for: What is an optimum configuration and will it increase our costs a lot and is it worth it?
The costs being the hardware, I suppose.
The server system requirements do not exceed the requirements stated by Microsoft. It will hold an IBM Unidata database and of course, the XP clients will hammer away at it daily.

Same question for the XP-Pro clients, but should I also consider placing their engines onto the same physical machine with the Windows server or should we go with two machines?

Comments are welcome as I am a beginner with virtualization, but getting very interested and am going to purchase hardware soon.

Thank you,
Joe

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