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is Vmotion important for VDI

vsphere advanced edition have vmotion, standard editon have not, but more cheaper. if my ESX run only desktop, is vmotion that important? can i use only HA (without DRS) to deploy VDI?

any suggestion?

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impag
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We have ESX and no vMotion and we are fine for 4 years now. vMotion is nice if you want HA and if you run many ESX servers. We have only 4 and if you plan to bring servers down, we simply shut them down and restart them on the new server (vmdk files are on a netapp san).

TomHowarth
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Well as View comes with a copy of VMware Enterprise, this is a little bit of a moot question. you have it. that said, personally I do not seen the need for HA, DRS or vMotion on VDI guests. Server based OSes yes. Desktops No

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Tom Howarth VCP / VCAP / vExpert
VMware Communities User Moderator
Blog: http://www.planetvm.net
Contributing author on VMware vSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing ESX and the Virtual Environment
Contributing author on VCP VMware Certified Professional on VSphere 4 Study Guide: Exam VCP-410