I wonder what type of servers for internal usage you virtualize in the last -say- 6 months. Here's what we got virtual so far:
We didn't virtualize spezialized desktop PCs which are running a certain software product, that is only used once in a while. Do you plan to get rid of those old machines any time soon?
And which server products do you use? Vmware ESX, Vmware Server, Xen installations...?
我对此类问题的标准回答是，“虚拟化很棒；注意它的局限性”。
我永远不会依赖任何基础设施级服务的纯虚拟实现（例如，您站点的权威 DNS 服务器；管理和监控工具）。
我在一家提供服务器和网络管理工具的公司工作。我们一直在努力克服虚拟化供应商的营销缺陷，因为基础设施工具不应该存在于基础设施工具中。
虚拟化想要控制您的所有服务。但是，有些东西应该始终存在于物理硬件上。
当您的虚拟设置出现问题时，故障排除和恢复可能需要很长时间。如果您仍在物理硬件上运行公司所需的一些服务，那么您就不会死在水中。
虚拟化还引入了时钟延迟、磁盘和网络 IO 延迟，以及您在物理硬件上看不到的其他问题。
最后，您选择的虚拟化工具将负责其托管虚拟机的所有资源。这转化为管理程序——而不是你——决定在任何给定时刻哪个 VM 应该具有优先级。如果您担心任何工具、服务或功能保证拥有某些资源，则它需要在物理硬件上。
对于任何“无关紧要”的东西，例如 Web、邮件、dhcp、ldap 等 - 虚拟化都很棒。
我们虚拟化了测试客户端和服务器的副本，因此我们可以在将文件发送给客户之前对其进行部署。他们还习惯于测试错误报告。
我们发现这是虚拟化的最大好处，因为我们可以保留大量每个客户的版本。
我们还虚拟化了我们的网络服务器，公司部门已经虚拟化了一切。
We use ESX in our labs and lately we've virtualized our document sharing service (KnowledgeTree), the lab management tools and almost all of our department's internal web servers.
We also virtualized almost all of our QA department's test machines, with the exception of the performance and stability testing hardware.
We aren't going to get rid of the hardware any time soon, it will be used to decrease the budget needs and increase the number of projects that can be handled by one lab.
We use VMware ESX 3.5.x exclusively.
Our build machine running FinalBuilder runs on a Windows XP Virtual Machine running in VMWare Server on Linux.
It is very practical to move it and also to backup, we just stop the Virtual Machine and copy the disk image.
Some days ago we needed to change the host pc, it took less than 2 hours to have our builder up and running on another pc.
We migrate to a new SBS 2005 Domain last month. We take the opotunity to create virtual machines for the following servers
I recently had to build an internal network for our training division, enabling the classrooms to be networked and have access to various technologies. Because of the lack of hardware and equipment and running in an exclusive cash only environment I decided to go with a virtual solution on the server.
The server itself is running CentOS 5.1 with VMWare 1.0.6 loaded as the virtualisation provider. On top of this we have 4 Windows Server 2003 machines running, making up the Active Directory, Exchange, ISA, Database and Windows/AV updates component. File sharing and internet routing through the corporate network and ADSL is handled via the CentOS platform.
The setup allows us to expand to physical machines at a later stage quickly, and allows the main server to replaced with minimum downtime on the network, as it only requires the moving of the Virtual Machines and starting them up on the new box.
你打算很快摆脱那些旧机器吗？不
您使用哪些服务器产品？微软虚拟服务器