Xen users - Jun 2010 - What is the best solution to virtualize WinServer2003...?

Hi, I''m about to consolidate 5 WindowsServer2003, and I want to use an
openSource Virtualisation product

1- Is it possible to paravirtualise WindowsServer2003 or not..?

2- Can I Full-Virtualize WindowsServer2003 with Processors(Without AMD-V or
Intel-VT technology)...? using Xen, KVM or ESXi or whatever else FV
solution...?

3- Can I Full-Virtualize WindowsServer2003 with Itanium Processors...?

4- If so, What is the best FV product to use Xen, Kvm or ESXi...? is there a
paper, a research, a Performance Benchmark of FV solutions out there...?

5- I''m running SqlServer2005 and Exchangeserver on my Windows
Server2003,
How can I deal with this case...? Storage and Networking performance
issues...?


Thank you for your help !

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Amine Arrahmane Achargui

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On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 12:01 PM, amine amine <ammine007@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi, I''m about to consolidate 5 WindowsServer2003, and I want to
use an
> openSource Virtualisation product
>
> 1- Is it possible to paravirtualise WindowsServer2003 or not..?
No
>
> 2- Can I Full-Virtualize WindowsServer2003 with Processors(Without AMD-V or
> Intel-VT technology)...? using Xen, KVM or ESXi or whatever else FV
> solution...?
Not with Xen, KVM, or Hyper-V.
Possible with Vmware or Virtualbox, but only if it''s 32bit x86.
>
> 3- Can I Full-Virtualize WindowsServer2003 with Itanium Processors...?
I assume you want to run Windows 2003 Itanium on top of plain x86
servers? Then no, it''s not possible.
>
> 4- If so, What is the best FV product to use Xen, Kvm or ESXi...? is there
a
> paper, a research, a Performance Benchmark of FV solutions out there...?
The million-dollar question :D
Some companies play lots of money to consultants for that. Depends on
who you ask, you''ll get different answers. As for benchmark, try
http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/search/1,293876,sid94,00.html?query=benchmark&x=0&y=0
The fourth entry is quite interesting
>
> 5- I''m running SqlServer2005 and Exchangeserver on my Windows
Server2003,
> How can I deal with this case...? Storage and Networking performance
> issues...?
Basic suggestions: install special disk/network drivers for whatever
solutions you use. For Xen, this will be either Citrix PV drivers or
GPLPV. For vmware/vitualbox, this will be thir "guest additions".
However, I/O-intensive server might not be the best one to virtualize.
Unless, of course, if you already know that those 5 servers are
lightly-used (only 10% utilization, for example).

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Salam,

WOW !! You''re AWSOME Man !! (^_^)

Thanks !

You ! and your Answer ARE AWSOME !!

Gracias !
-- 
Amine Arrahmane Achargui

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Efficiency (“Do the things right”)

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greater


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