I had a Twitter conversation with John Ferringer that unearthed some great SharePoint Virtualization Resources from some top SharePoint Experts.
Here’s the thread that kicked it all off:
Here’s the thread that kicked it all off:
| resing says: @ferringer So, what are the I/O concerns for Database VM’s |
| ferringer says:@resing Its resource contention. You’ve got both the OS & the DB trying to hit SAN for I/O, w/ VMs you take a 50% I/O hit right off the bat |
| ferringer says:@resing I like this write up by @mikewat for SharePoint-specific info on virtualization: http://bit.ly/jTGzk |
| ferringer says:@resing and the SharePoint UK Team Blog did a good series on the topic as well: http://bit.ly/7HAvz |
 | sharepointac says: GREAT article! RT @ferringer: @resing I like this write up by @mikewat for SharePoint-specific info on virtualization: http://bit.ly/jTGzk |
My Virtualization Summary
- Virtualization is a tricky subject and requires some good research and knowing your own IT Solutions
- There are obvious benefits to VMs and many organizations are taking advantage
- Leave SQL Virtualization until last
SharePoint Virtualization Resources
- The proper order of Server Virtualization in SharePoint
- Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Virtualize SQL Server
- After Brent’s article, I needed to read: Host adapter from Wikipedia
- Virtualizing SharePoint Series – High availability and disaster recovery, deployment best practices, common mistakes and summary
Update: June 25th, fixed broken image link
Hi! Great point – I’ll add more info about what an HBA is in that article.
Thanks for the update Brent! I’m a server virtualization novice. I administer VM’s but don’t administer SAN’s.