ESX4 best clustering

[rmustafa]

Hi,

I have 10 ESX4 server installed, plan is to install VDI & virtual server, so in this case what you will suggest to take all the ESX4 in 1 cluster ??

or need to divide it into 2 cluter for VDI & virtual server cluster ?

70 % will be used for VDI & 30 % will be used for server virtualization.

Please suggest the best practice.

Regards,

Rashid

[dkfbp]

Whenever possible I would run a dedicated server cluster and a dedicated cluster for VDI. You have 10 hosts in your current enviroment

so split it up with 7 for servers and 3 for VDI. In most cases I would even go as far as using dedicated vcenters for the Server cluster and VDI cluster.

Best regards

Frank Brix Pedersen

blog: http://www.vfrank.org

[rmustafa]

how about splitting it with pool, see if I'll seprate it then I need to invest more resources like servers (memory & CPU), so how about taking all the ESX in 1 cluster & then splitting it with pool , I think I'll use only 30 % of the resources for server virtualization..our main aim for VDI.

Please suggest.

[dkfbp]

It all depends on the enviroment. With your size you could create two clusters. But I understand the more clusters the more servers are required for failover and HA.

If you don't want to split it up, your only option is resource pools. Be careful when designing the resource pools that you actually make the do what you intent

Best regards

Frank Brix Pedersen

blog: http://www.vfrank.org

[jkumhar75]

1. The resource pool option is good,but from the troubleshooting and management point of view it would be recommended to use a separate cluster for the VDI and virtual servers.Because when you will have a performance issue with VDI desktop, then it would be time consuimg to troubleshoot the issue with the virtual servers.

Now it's up to you..to decide on this.

Jay

MCSE,VCP 310,VCP 410

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