VMware & MAP Capacity Planning

[tipsy01]

Can anybody help?

We are looking at installing the VMware Capcaity planner and Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator on a PC at a customers site to assess the current server infrastructure in preparation for virtualisation. The question is will running both tools side by side have a performance impact on the target servers being considered for virtualisation and make the results a little "hazy" so to speak and if so does anybody have any idea as to what percentage? Would it be better practise to run each tool independently for a period of one month?

Thanks

[weinstein5]

I do not think the issue is the impact to the server being sampled but running similar tools on the same machine impacting the ability to sample the servers in atimeply fashion - so I would run them on seperste boxes. I can not speak to MAP - but capacity planner has little to no impact on the server beining sampled -

I am curious why you are running both?

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[tipsy01]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

The reason we are running both is because our customer has not yet virtualised and is looking to get a comparison between Microsoft and VMware and unfortunately will not purchase third party utils such as platespin.

Thanks

[lanamarkinc]

Have a glance at Lanamark Suite if you are looking for a software solution that will allow you to compare multiple platforms side-by-side. It supports virtualization platforms from Citrix, Microsoft, Parallels, VMware and other vendors. And it is specifically designed for solution providers delivering virtualization services.