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Most Reg readers have moved on from the early days of virtualizing servers, when the idea was simply to consolidate and save floor space. Yesterday’s virtualization beta-testers are now fully versed in the virtualization game, and they're looking to get more bang for their buck with real projects that deliver benefits across …

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  1. Pony Tail
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    Already virtualized "the hard stuff"

    We use VMWare for small applications and infrastructure clutter.

    We use PowerVM for all the database workloads and larger applications

    Lessons:

    VMWare

    - is easy for easy workloads

    - is very expensive

    - is not architected for heavy I/O

    - cannot have a virtual machine larger than 8 threads

    PowerVM

    - easy but you need to use AIX versions of software

    - makes Power systems cheap compared to x86+VMWare

    - Can handle the highest transaction rates we have had on black Friday

    - can scale from one thread to I heard over a thousand in the new boxes.

    Its a matter of picking the right platforms for the right work vs. how to try to get VMWare to do something it was not made to do

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