Comments on: Is Virtualisation ready for production yet? http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/10/04/is-virtualisation-ready-for-production-yet/ Fresh Thinking on IT Operations Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:42:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Is Virtualisation ready for production yet? « Enterprise Strategy Group http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/10/04/is-virtualisation-ready-for-production-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-7140 Is Virtualisation ready for production yet? « Enterprise Strategy Group Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:09:23 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1647#comment-7140 [...] 29% of respondents say that they run “all but the most critical applications” on their virtual platforms. 51% of respondents only run [...] Read the entire blog entry here  >> [...] [...] 29% of respondents say that they run “all but the most critical applications” on their virtual platforms. 51% of respondents only run [...] Read the entire blog entry here  >> [...]

]]> By: Data center reliability and the virtual server « The Server Room http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/10/04/is-virtualisation-ready-for-production-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-4324 Data center reliability and the virtual server « The Server Room Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:46:19 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1647#comment-4324 [...] } Tonight I was reading about virtualisation and questioning if it’s ready for production use. The answer is, yes, maybe, and [...] [...] } Tonight I was reading about virtualisation and questioning if it’s ready for production use. The answer is, yes, maybe, and [...]

]]> By: Vittorio Viarengo http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/10/04/is-virtualisation-ready-for-production-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-2878 Vittorio Viarengo Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:11:49 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1647#comment-2878 We found that whether people aggressively virtualize mission critical applications is a factor of their confidence in the technology (that comes from knowledge and experience) and their ability to get the right level of sponsorship within the organization. According to our primary research, ISV support can be a challenge, but it got much better over the last 18 months. It is not uncommon for customers who have a high degree of confidence to virtualize business applications despite lack of official support form the vendor http://vittorioviarengo.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/the-virtualization-adoption-journey-key-elements/ We found that whether people aggressively virtualize mission critical applications is a factor of their confidence in the technology (that comes from knowledge and experience) and their ability to get the right level of sponsorship within the organization. According to our primary research, ISV support can be a challenge, but it got much better over the last 18 months.
It is not uncommon for customers who have a high degree of confidence to virtualize business applications despite lack of official support form the vendor

http://vittorioviarengo.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/the-virtualization-adoption-journey-key-elements/

]]> By: Steve O'Donnell http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/10/04/is-virtualisation-ready-for-production-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-2772 Steve O'Donnell Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:13:23 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1647#comment-2772 Mark, This is a good and relevant point, my sense is that the lack of application vendor support for deployments on VMware is a reason that the big apps are being held back. Steve Mark,

This is a good and relevant point, my sense is that the lack of application vendor support for deployments on VMware is a reason that the big apps are being held back.

Steve

]]> By: Mark Preston http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/10/04/is-virtualisation-ready-for-production-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-2711 Mark Preston Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:39:23 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1647#comment-2711 I suspect technology is not the issue here, it’s the fear factor: Will operations manage all the eggs in one basket? Well If technology can be the salvation (and I am not suggesting it is) then the fault tolerance feature in VSphere is worthy of note. VMware have introduced the ability to clone a server and have it running alongside the donor so that if perhaps those critical warnings are ignored and the donor fails the cloned version seamlessly picks up the workload. I suspect technology is not the issue here, it’s the fear factor: Will operations manage all the eggs in one basket? Well If technology can be the salvation (and I am not suggesting it is) then the fault tolerance feature in VSphere is worthy of note. VMware have introduced the ability to clone a server and have it running alongside the donor so that if perhaps those critical warnings are ignored and the donor fails the cloned version seamlessly picks up the workload.

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