Hi All
A smallish company is considering the prosepect of quoting for a VMware solution running on a set of Blade servers (Dells), but we have not got the first clue on where we start or what considerations in terms of hardware configuration and licencing.
The plan is to have around 4 blades connected to a MSA, with VMware running locally. They would then virtualise the production servers, snapshotting along the way.
Netapp was also mentioned as a storage option too or would it not matter here? They have about 150 - 180 users but a lot of data - both development and data files
The solution is an alternative to live replication between pairs of servers and to save space with not having lots of hardware.
In essence they need to have Exchange, SQL/Oracle, File-Print and Domain Controllers, and I assume the vhd files and the user data is held on a MSA of some sort.
I believe we will need to get some consultants in to advice but this will be a new challenge for me and I'm relishing it but will need some help too so I have a head start and better understanding of what we are trying to achieve.
Are there any examples to follow?
Do we create a Vlan so we don't interfere with our production environment?
Any assistance will be welcome even with some diagrams simple enough for me
It would be really appreciated.
Kind Regards