Free Virtualization?! Amost-BYOH (Bring Your Own Hardware) December 7, 2011, 3:15-4:30 pm Hub Tag: #Tech11 LA1 Joe Aldeguer, Society of American Florists Renato Sogueco, Society of American Florists
Agenda Virtualization at 40,000 feet Society of American Florists (SAF) is the case study Explore Free Virtualization options Software / Hardware
Got Virtualization!? VMWare / Microsoft / Xen Perspectives: CIO / Systems Admin Benefits realized? Why SAF explored “free”
Free Virtualization Options KVM kvm.org/page/Management_Toolshttp:// kvm.org/page/Management_Tools Open Vz Xen VirtualBox (Desktop)
ProxMox VE What is ProxMox VE? Built on top of Debian Linux Combines KVM and Open VZ Open Source = Control
Rethink Hardware Recycle / Reuse Consider Whitebox Make sure hardware supports virtualization
Cost Comparison Microsoft Windows 2008 Enterprise VMWare vSphere Essentials Plus ProxMox VE 2 licenses (1 license per server) 1 license (allows installation on 3 hosts) N/A $ SAF cost canvass to Virtualize 10 servers on two physical boxes to provide hardware redundancy but not HA
Test Drive SAF’s ProxMox Install
Questions?
Contact Information Joe Vincent Aldeguer Systems Administrator Society of American Florists (703) Renato Cruz Sogueco Chief Information Officer Society of American Florists (571)