Comments on: Lessons of a VI3 Upgrade http://lonesysadmin.net/2006/09/25/lessons-of-a-vi3-upgrade/ im in ur data centrz patchin ur serverz Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:45:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: iowagreyhound http://lonesysadmin.net/2006/09/25/lessons-of-a-vi3-upgrade/#comment-10594 iowagreyhound Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:56:24 +0000 http://lonesysadmin.net/2006/09/24/lessons-of-a-vi3-upgrade/#comment-10594 Lessons I've learned with VMWare: 1) If you own a datacenter, you must have it. 2) It's the only true DR solution I've seen for x86. 3) It costs loads of money to implement before you save money. We've began measuring ESX servers and parts as cars. "ESX1 in a Lexus." "That SAN equipment is a 911 Turbo." 4) It will be an adventure. VMWare support isn't quite at an enterprise level. (yet) When you have an outage, it will be a big one. Lessons I’ve learned with VMWare:

1) If you own a datacenter, you must have it.

2) It’s the only true DR solution I’ve seen for x86.

3) It costs loads of money to implement before you save money. We’ve began measuring ESX servers and parts as cars. “ESX1 in a Lexus.” “That SAN equipment is a 911 Turbo.”

4) It will be an adventure. VMWare support isn’t quite at an enterprise level. (yet) When you have an outage, it will be a big one.

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