On 7/12/11 11:59 PM, "Jeff Yana" <email@hidden> wrote:
>Yes, but as with any EOL product, especially one with limited support
>options, do you really want to build your entire, critical Virtualization
>edifice on top of this shaky foundation? I wouldn't.
Some organizations are faced with limited budgets and not able to overhaul
or revamp their existing infrastructure all at once. The whole point of
technology like this is abstracting the hardware layer. While OS X will
still need to be on Apple-branded hardware, other Vms do not. I would much
rather take my xserve running OS X server with three guest Vms to a
hypervisor and four Vms so one OS does not impact the other three. Then,
as I have the budget to grow a virtualized infrastructure, additional
servers can be added, replacing older Apple devices. Those non-Apple Vms
can be migrated to the new platform and the apple ones can be moved into a
speeder box providing legacy support. Now there is one management
framework for both Apple hardware and non-Apple hardware. Of course, I
could just ditch all the existing equipment that is Apple-branded, but I
would rather use a box until it no longer able to meet our needs and
maximize our initial investment on the hardware than stop using it
altogether since it isn't being sold anymore. (An xserve de-comissioned
after 2-years is much more "expensive" than one that was de-comissioned
after 5-years)
--
Randy Saeks
Network & Server Administrator
Northbrook / Glenview School District 30
Twitter: rsaeks
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