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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:49 PM
Hi all,
We have one Windows 2003 file server with all shares and users' home folders which has over 600 users to access. Is it OK or recommended to virtualize this file server on the hyper-v host?
Thank you.
- Edited by John JY Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:53 PM
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:02 PM
Virtualization is not a target it's a solution. What issues are you trying to solve? Increase uptime doing guest VM cluster? Provide more resources running VM on a very CPU heavy machine? Enable replica and create "fast-n-dirty" disaster recovery scenario?Hi all,
We have one Windows 2003 file server with all shares and users' home folders which has over 600 users to access. Is it OK or recommended to virtualize this file server on the hyper-v host?
Thank you.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:05 PM
Hi all,
We have one Windows 2003 file server with all shares and users' home folders which has over 600 users to access. Is it OK or recommended to virtualize this file server on the hyper-v host?
Thank you.
Cant see why it should be a problem , but i would consider upgradeing the OS with 2008R2 or 2012 if possible while you are at it to get the performance benefit of SMB2/3 when Windows7/8 client access the data
And the general rule for moving the hyper-v , addition resources don't appear by magic so its the server is overburdened and the hyper-v also is its a bad mix.
my blog is at http://flemmingriis.com , let me know if you found the post or blog helpfull or leaves room for improvement
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:12 PM
due to hardware maintenence renewal, we want to virtualize it to save money.
So, since it's the file server, users constantly access it and will it be issue if we virtualize? also, can we put it on the SATA disks?
Thank you.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:16 PM
due to hardware maintenence renewal, we want to virtualize it to save money.
So, since it's the file server, users constantly access it and will it be issue if we virtualize? also, can we put it on the SATA disks?
Thank you.
I wouldn't place 600 users on SATA but its depending on your org requirement
But measure the IO on the current server and then see what you need on the new , you don't get extra IO in a virtual environment so you need what you had before and a little overhead , and if you collocate VM's you will need to add that to your sizing.
my blog is at http://flemmingriis.com , let me know if you found the post or blog helpfull or leaves room for improvement
- Marked As Answer by John JY Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:00 PM
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:20 PM
>But measure the IO on the current server and then see what you need on the new
How do I get the IO on the current server?
Thank you.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:25 PM
>But measure the IO on the current server and then see what you need on the new
How do I get the IO on the current server?
Thank you.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/cotw/archive/2009/03/18/analyzing-storage-performance.aspx
and a little more explanation on what affect iOPS http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc300400.aspx
my blog is at http://flemmingriis.com , let me know if you found the post or blog helpfull or leaves room for improvement
- Marked As Answer by John JY Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:00 PM
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:33 PM
Thank you for the link.
I just monitored the server and shows average disk sec/disk for logical disk is 0.037.
Do you know whether 0.037 is using seconds to measure or ms to mesure? if it is in second, that means that we have 37ms which is very slow. right?
Thank you.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:40 PM
Thank you for the link.
I just monitored the server and shows average disk sec/disk for logical disk is 0.037.
Do you know whether 0.037 is using seconds to measure or ms to mesure? if it is in second, that means that we have 37ms which is very slow. right?
Thank you.
High Queue Lengths, poor response times. LogicalDisk\Average Disk Queue Length is averaging higher than 2-3 plus the number of spindles. At the same time, “LogicalDisk\Avg. Disk Sec/Read” or “LogicalDisk\Avg. Disk Sec/Write” value greater than 15ms are observed.
Try to look at this this will give you a "general" measure of performance but if user don't use files all the time they might not notice its slow.
Disk Transfer/sec will give you the IO its using now
my blog is at http://flemmingriis.com , let me know if you found the post or blog helpfull or leaves room for improvement
- Marked As Answer by John JY Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:00 PM
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