Tag Archives: virtualization
Raid Performance Shootout: Observed values for Hardware Raid-5 vs Raid-10
Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
When considering server performance, Raid is the most common way to achieve disk subsystem performance. When you are on a budget, the choices are very limited. But isn’t that when your creativity hits the roof? We needed cost-effective servers for virtualized environment. So we ran some hard drive benchmarks to see what we can extract. [...]
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Running XenServer on cost effective hardware
Posted on 25. Apr, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
XenServer from Citrix is one sweet piece of software. It kicks all the others free Virtual Machines servers to shame. We have been using XenServer 5 for a while now and we get absolutely brilliant performance. However there are a few things to consider when choosing XenServer for any real world use. The Guidelines we [...]
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Virtualization at Aquevix
Posted on 22. Jan, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
We at Aquevix believe very strongly in energy conservation. Virtualization of various servers is a sure shot way to achieve this. Currently we have most of our servers as virtualized instances on XenServer platform. Our base setup is as follows: Server with Quad core Xeon 4-8 GB RAM per server Hardware raid card with 128/256 [...]
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Virtualization Roundoff
Posted on 20. Apr, 2008 by Amit Jindal.
When it comes to server virtualization there are several options. However small businesses not only need server consolidation but the ability to run multiple operating systems with best server utilization. So which product meets the needs of a small business? It really depends on the needs but for Aquevix, here’s what I concluded. Note that [...]