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Estimating capacity for hosting VMs
JDMurray
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Does VMWare have some sort of online calculator for estimating the number of VMs that can be concurrently run on a single server based on factors such as: the VMWare product (ESX, ESXi, etc), server hardware, available RAM and disk storage, storage data throughput, host OS (if any), guest OS, average CPU load of guest OS, and VM configuration(s)?
Or, in other words, how do you accurately answer the question, "How many VMs can you run on that thing?"
Or, in other words, how do you accurately answer the question, "How many VMs can you run on that thing?"
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Optionsdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□VMware does have some capacity planning tools, and you can always check out something like Platespin Recon as well.
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Optionsastorrs Member Posts: 3,139 ■■■■■■□□□□Or, in other words, how do you accurately answer the question, "How many VMs can you run on that thing?"
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OptionsJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,034 AdminToo bad the tool from VMware isn't free.
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Optionsastorrs Member Posts: 3,139 ■■■■■■□□□□Too bad the tool from VMware isn't free.
It's available in a Project Edition that is priced at $2 per "server day" (number of servers * number of days monitored) and can be quite cost effective in smaller environments (<100 servers). -
OptionsHyper-Me Banned Posts: 2,059you could always try microsofts assesment and planning tool as well
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OptionsJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,034 AdminI'm really looking for something that doesn't monitor actual hardware. I need a "best guess" calculator that works based on the most influential factors on VM capacity for each VMWare product. I don't have an actual network to analyze. Even if it doesn't consider network traffic load.
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OptionsJDMurray Admin Posts: 13,034 Adminyou could always try microsofts assesment and planning tool as well
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