>From: Ross Walker [mailto:rswwal...@gmail.com] >Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 6:34 AM > >On Apr 20, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Geoff Nordli <geo...@grokworx.com> wrote: > > >If you combine the hypervisor and storage server and have students >connect to the VMs via RDP or VNC or XDM then you will have the >performance of local storage and even script VirtualBox to take a >snapshot right after a save state. > >A lot less difficult to configure on the client side, and allows you >to deploy thin clients instead of full desktops where you can get away >with it. > >It also allows you to abstract the hypervisor from the client. > >Need a bigger storage server with lots of memory, CPU and storage >though. > >Later, if need be, you can break out the disks to a storage appliance >with an 8GB FC or 10Gbe iSCSI interconnect. >
Right, I am in the process now of trying to figure out what the load looks like with a central storage box and how ZFS needs to be configured to support that load. So far what I am seeing is very exciting :) We are currently porting over our existing Learning Lab Infrastructure platform from MS Virtual Server to VBox + ZFS. When students connect into their lab environment it dynamically creates their VMs and load balances them across physical servers. Geoff _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
