Comments on: HP Proliant ML115 G5 Quad Core Discount Deal for TechHead Readers. http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal TechHead.co.uk is a site dedicated to information on various IT technologies, solutions, fixes and IT news. Topic areas include HP Proliant Servers & Storage, VMware vSphere,ESX,ESXi, Microsoft Hyper V and Windows Server Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:17:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kiwi Si http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7694 Kiwi Si Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:33:07 +0000 http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7694 Hi Ian, That's good news! VMware Tools will almost always make a significant difference to performance of a VM. In fact (how's this for good timing :) ) check out my new blog posting on reasons why to install VMware Tools on an ESX Guest OS. http://www.techhead.co.uk/vmware-esx-why-you-should-install-vmware-tools Virtualization is a great technology there are so many great reasons to implement it and very few not to. All the best, Si Hi Ian,

That’s good news! VMware Tools will almost always make a significant difference to performance of a VM. In fact (how’s this for good timing :) ) check out my new blog posting on reasons why to install VMware Tools on an ESX Guest OS.

http://www.techhead.co.uk/vmware-esx-why-you-should-install-vmware-tools

Virtualization is a great technology there are so many great reasons to implement it and very few not to.

All the best,

Si

]]> By: Ian http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7693 Ian Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:19:35 +0000 http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7693 No sure what I've done differently, but I've now been able to install VMware tools on Windows 7 and its working much better now. Haven't had Server 2008 vm running at the same time though. Also used the VMware converter to convert one of our physical servers to a vm and can run that under ESXi, which is pretty clever (not me, I mean the technology!). No sure what I’ve done differently, but I’ve now been able to install VMware tools on Windows 7 and its working much better now. Haven’t had Server 2008 vm running at the same time though.

Also used the VMware converter to convert one of our physical servers to a vm and can run that under ESXi, which is pretty clever (not me, I mean the technology!).

]]> By: Ian http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7462 Ian Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:36:25 +0000 http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7462 Just the 250GB drive that came with the server. I've only boosted the memory to 4GB, everything else is out of the box. Just the 250GB drive that came with the server. I’ve only boosted the memory to 4GB, everything else is out of the box.

]]> By: Kiwi Si http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7458 Kiwi Si Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:13:29 +0000 http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7458 <blockquote> <p>Got ESXi working via the USB pen, thanks for the help. Currently got Server 2008 SP1 64-bit and Windows 7 beta 32-bit VMs setup for testing. Found a good article at…<br> <a href="http://www.petri.co.il/virtual_increase_vmware_performance.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.petri.co.il/virtual_increase_vmware_performance.htm</a><br> about how to improve performance, but with both my VMs running they’re painfully slow?</p> <p>Haven’t been able to install the VMware tools on Windows7, but even without, I’m surprised at how slugish the system is? I’ve got 4GB RAM installed on the host HP Server.</p> </blockquote> Hi Ian, What disk configuration are you running in your ESXi server? You should be getting pretty decent performance with just the 2 VM's (assuming they aren't doing anything too intensive). Cheers, Si

Got ESXi working via the USB pen, thanks for the help. Currently got Server 2008 SP1 64-bit and Windows 7 beta 32-bit VMs setup for testing. Found a good article at…
http://www.petri.co.il/virtual_increase_vmware_performance.htm
about how to improve performance, but with both my VMs running they’re painfully slow?

Haven’t been able to install the VMware tools on Windows7, but even without, I’m surprised at how slugish the system is? I’ve got 4GB RAM installed on the host HP Server.

Hi Ian,

What disk configuration are you running in your ESXi server? You should be getting pretty decent performance with just the 2 VM’s (assuming they aren’t doing anything too intensive).

Cheers,

Si

]]> By: Ian http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7455 Ian Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:46:49 +0000 http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7455 <blockquote>Hi Ian, I’ve only used them so far to run VMware ESX (which they do just fine). I am planning to install Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta sometime soon - real keen to try it out. Will probably blog a post about it. If you end up getting one, let us know how you get on. Cheers, Si </blockquote> Got ESXi working via the USB pen, thanks for the help. Currently got Server 2008 SP1 64-bit and Windows 7 beta 32-bit VMs setup for testing. Found a good article at... http://www.petri.co.il/virtual_increase_vmware_performance.htm about how to improve performance, but with both my VMs running they're painfully slow? Haven't been able to install the VMware tools on Windows7, but even without, I'm surprised at how slugish the system is? I've got 4GB RAM installed on the host HP Server.

Hi Ian,
I’ve only used them so far to run VMware ESX (which they do just fine). I am planning to install Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta sometime soon – real keen to try it out. Will probably blog a post about it.
If you end up getting one, let us know how you get on.
Cheers,
Si

Got ESXi working via the USB pen, thanks for the help. Currently got Server 2008 SP1 64-bit and Windows 7 beta 32-bit VMs setup for testing. Found a good article at…
http://www.petri.co.il/virtual_increase_vmware_performance.htm
about how to improve performance, but with both my VMs running they’re painfully slow?

Haven’t been able to install the VMware tools on Windows7, but even without, I’m surprised at how slugish the system is? I’ve got 4GB RAM installed on the host HP Server.

]]> By: hunyadi http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7445 hunyadi Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:15:21 +0000 http://www.techhead.co.uk/hp-proliant-ml115-g5-quad-core-discount-deal#comment-7445 just to be clear... this is no reflection on the folks at Servers Direct. just to be clear… this is no reflection on the folks at Servers Direct.

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