This whitepaper should help you learn more about VMWare and virtualization characteristics on HP ProLiant DL785 ( # 1 virtualization platform per VMmark benchmark as of 2/20/2009 )
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Real-World Virtualization Testing on the HP ProLiant DL785 G5
A network and systems architecture consultant’s review of
HP’s x86 8-socket server
By Paul Venezia
Independent Writer, Senior contributing editor of the InfoWorld Test Center
2/17/2009
Abstract
The basis for this paper is to detail the suite of tests run on the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 as a single-entity server and in a virtualized infrastructure, and also to detail some potential virtualized use case scenarios for placing the ProLiant DL785 G5 in production.
The virtualization platform focus for the purposes of this paper is on VMware’s Virtual Infrastructure 3 and Linux-based virtual servers. However, much of the information contained herein has analogues in Windows services as well.
