Can you virtualise Lotus Domino 6.x and 7.x

[woodsp]

Hello,

I'm new to VMware and was looking to create VMs for a Lotus Domino 6.5.6 server and a 7.0.2 server with around 500 users.

Is this possible?

has anyone done it?

are there any gotchas?

is performance acceptable?

Thanks,

Paul

[esiebert7625]

Yes you can, see these posts. 500 users should work well on Domino, once you start getting into the 1,500-2,000 range I would use a physical server instead.

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=634123򚴋

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=570269򋎝

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[zemotard]

Hi, I'm running Domino 6.5.5 on a vm since 4 months. No problem, good performances (300 users and much corportates databases)

I have assign 2 vCPU and 2500 GB of memory.

Don't hesitate if you need more informations.

[PeteFry]

i've been running domino 6.5 for the last 2 years starting on 2.5.1 and now running on 3.0.1 one thing i have noticed!

don't over allocate the memory. I upped the memory to 4GB and it ran like a dog.............. my domino servers have 500 or so users and 2GB of ram is more than enough for my usage

hope this helps

[woodsp]

Thanks for all the answers - I'll have ago based on your recommendations!

Paul