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VIRTUALIZATION ACTUALIZATION

VIRTUALIZATION ACTUALIZATION. Balacom Services. Virtual Server Farm. Daniel R. Bennett, Kyle Campbell, Jimmy Schmalzl. Virtualization Actualization. INTRODUCTION. Group Background Project Overview ITCS Servers Networking Backups Storage UPS ESX Stress Testing ISP’s

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VIRTUALIZATION ACTUALIZATION

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  1. VIRTUALIZATION ACTUALIZATION Balacom Services Virtual Server Farm Daniel R. Bennett, Kyle Campbell, Jimmy Schmalzl

  2. Virtualization Actualization INTRODUCTION Group Background Project Overview ITCS Servers Networking Backups Storage UPS ESX Stress Testing ISP’s Lessons Learned Conclusion Questions

  3. Virtualization Actualization GROUP BACKGROUND Group Formed in 2010 Worked Together on a Perl project Studied Together Weekly Shared Common Interests

  4. Virtualization Actualization Project Overview Our Client is Balacom Services Designed a Virtual Server Farm Proof of concept Capable of hosting 50 VMs Smallest possible footprint

  5. Virtualization Actualization Interested in ITCS? This project coincides with the ITCS curriculum ESX, server stress testing and configuration, OS setup, networking

  6. Virtualization Actualization Servers Test server was configured in the ITCS project lab Server implemented was an HP DL385G7 Other server manufacturers considered include Dell and Gateway

  7. Virtualization Actualization Servers Server required for VMware Virtual Center Allows for administration of virtual servers Suggested system is the Dell PowerEdge T310 Windows computer is also required for vSphere

  8. Virtualization Actualization Networking Selected switch was a Cisco ESW-540-24 Network design keeps production and management traffic separate Cat5e chosen over Cat6 for gigabit Ethernet

  9. Virtualization Actualization Backups Backups are done for loss prevention not file retrieval Backup scheme involves a weekly copy of the virtual machine virtual disk file using tar and cron Chosen media is the hard drive as opposed to other traditional methods

  10. Virtualization Actualization Expanded Storage The NAS box is a Buffalo TeraStation III Data is transferred using iSCSI TeraStation III is capable of storing 8TB of data Other researched alternative is the Dell PowerEdge NX3000 running Windows Server 2008 R2

  11. Virtualization Actualization UPS Optional UPS’ Considered: SMT3000 SMT1500RM2U The UPS Selected: SMT2200 Why it was selected Cost and Performance

  12. Virtualization Actualization VMware ESX vsESXi ESX Red Hat Linux console ESXi Free of charge Why we selected ESX over ESXi

  13. Virtualization Actualization STRESS TESTING Web Load Tester Graphical user interface(GUI) Very versatile Siege Run from the command line

  14. Virtualization Actualization ISP’s Internet Service Providers

  15. Virtualization Actualization LESSONS LEARNED AND CHALLENGES Pre-Planning Communication Time Management Read The Manual Don’t Rush

  16. Virtualization Actualization CONCLUSION • We are the Virtualization Actualization workgroup • Our project involved designing a virtual server farm for Balacom Services • This project was a proof of concept • We researched and planned for the networking, physical hardware and software for the server farm

  17. Virtualization Actualization QUESTIONS?

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