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When deciding what physical server to use for running all your virtual machines (VMs), there are lots of choices and decision points. These pages are designed to pool all the available information to help you decide what is best for your environment.
Chat Transcripts
- Blades and Virtualization
- Would youYou Like 2 or 4 Sockets for VirtualizationVirtualization?
- Selecting a Virtualization Server
TechCenter Resources
- Server Decision Matrix Wiki
- VMotionvMotion Compatibility for Dell Servers
- An Update to Two-Socket and Four-Socket Servers for Virtualization
- Advantages of Two-Socket Servers over Four-Socket Servers – Note: This paper is a bit dated but provides some good background and frames some of the major issues.
- Virtualization Frontier Blog
- Wiggle Room for Deciding on Virtualization Server
- Oodles of NICs for ESX
- Ultimate Power Efficiency with Blades and Virtualization?
- VMotionvMotion Compatibility and Server Selection
- Bumping Into It on VMTN
- The Best Server for You
- VMmark Results Point to Best Performance
- Blades and Upstream Ports
- Decisions Decisions Decisions
- The R085 is Here!
Discussion Threads
Community Resources
VMware Community
- Physical Hardware Recommendation
- VMware Infrastructure - Blade Servers or Single Servers? Best Option?
- Four Sockets versus Two Sockets with DRS
- Counting CPUs
- Hardware Recommendations (VM Server and Workstation)
