<div>The latest version of ESX/ESXi both support thin provisioning in the GUI now. So you can only allocate the disk space that's needed. The older versions of ESX/ESXi support it through the CLI if you create the disks by hand.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca">lelio@uoguelph.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thanks Tanner. Looks like I'll need some large disks in order to run a few machines.<br><br>Or do I have it wrong. Does VMware dynamically assign disk space? If I give a VM 72 gb, does that have to physically exist on the VMServer?
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<div class="h5">----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Tanner Ezell" <<a href="mailto:tanner.ezell@gmail.com" target="_blank">tanner.ezell@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "Lelio Fulgenzi" <<a href="mailto:lelio@uoguelph.ca" target="_blank">lelio@uoguelph.ca</a>><br>
Cc: "cisco-voip voyp list" <<a href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net" target="_blank">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</a>><br>Sent: Saturday, August 1, 2009 9:16:59 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] vmware specs for CUCM<br>
<br>You'll need at least 1GB (ram) and 72GB (disk) to install UCM (and most other cisco products..)
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<div>ESXi runs with less overhead than workstation (no host overhead).</div>
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<div>Make sure to select Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 for the VM type when installing a Linux based appliance.<br><br>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 10pt">i'm looking at building or cannibalizing a couple of servers to run VMWare ESX or workstation so I can get my three CUCM nodes up and running.<br>
<br>What are people using as their VMWare configs? disk/memory etc.<br><br>Are there any advantages to going with ESXi vs workstation?<br><br>---<br><font color="#888888">Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>
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