[olug] vmware server on AMD opteron

[Sean Kelly]

We are currently looking at VMWare ESX where I work. From what I've seen,
read, and experienced, it is a pretty solid product that is pretty cool.
That said, we're not yet running it in house. If anybody has any feedback
or experience with ESX, I'd be interested. Specifically, when it comes to
stuff like vMotion, performance, etc.

I am currently also running a VMWare Server beta on a Linux test system. The
system is a Xeon 2x3.40GHz with 4GB of RAM. Currently, I have it running
two Windows Server 2003s, three Red Hat Enterprise Linuxes, and a Windows
XP. It is pretty solid. My only complaint is that I/O can be a bit slow,
though that could be my hardware.

Note, though, that it is still a beta.

On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 03:10:33PM -0500, Matt Anderson wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of running the  
> vmware server product on top of an AMD Opteron processor (or  
> processors)?  I'm wondering how well it works, if there are any  
> gotchas or weirdness, etc.
> 
> In particular, I was considering putting together a dual dual-core  
> Opteron computer (or alternatively a dual Opteron) which would then  
> be sliced up for actual use with the vmware server.  Most likely, the  
> operating system running on the bare machine would be the most  
> minimal (AMD 64 bit) Fedora Core or SUSE install which could get the  
> job (of running vmware server) done.  Would anyone anticipate  
> difficulties with such a setup?  Would anyone have advice or opinions  
> on the details of such a setup?
> 
> I have no experience to date running any OS (natively or in 32-bit  
> emulation) on an Opteron, but my assumption is that it works pretty  
> smoothly.
> 
> Thanks a lot!
> 
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>   Matt Anderson
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