Virtual Server technology

We're planning to migrate our existing eCommerce solution to a new set of
high-end servers. One thing we are considering is the use of virtual server
technology [VM Ware (GSX or ESX)].

We don't doubt that virtual server images offer great flexibility from the
server administrator's point of view. However, I don't have a real handle
on a) the performance hit and b) the robustness involved in using VM
servers.

I'd appreciate any comments from people who have attempted to run "large
scale" applications (applications utilising SQLServer & IIS ideally) on
these virtual platforms.

Thanks in advance

Griff

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"Griff" <Howling DeleteThis @The.Moon> wrote in message
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 > We're planning to migrate our existing eCommerce solution to a new set of
 > high-end servers. One thing we are considering is the use of virtual
server
 > technology [VM Ware (GSX or ESX)].
 >
 > We don't doubt that virtual server images offer great flexibility from the
 > server administrator's point of view. However, I don't have a real handle
 > on a) the performance hit and b) the robustness involved in using VM
 > servers.
 >
 > I'd appreciate any comments from people who have attempted to run "large
 > scale" applications (applications utilising SQLServer & IIS ideally) on
 > these virtual platforms.
 >
 > Thanks in advance
 >
 > Griff
 >
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