Hi guys
I need some advice to virtualize my current server room.
Currently , there are 4 servers: DC, WEB/Intranet,Exchange and Financial.Without redundancy.
I will buy a new server + NAS
My questions are:
1. Should I install the ESXI 5.5 from the scratch into the new server and configure 4 VM and a NAS? Can I manage it with a management laptop with the VMware cliente, or Web client, etc...
Is interesting to have the DC separate in other physical server ?
or
2. Install into the new server first a Windows 2008 as DC , and after WMware workstation 10 and install the 3 VM?or is there any other way to install ESXi?
How much RAM do you recommend for this WMvare server, or how can I calculate it? for each server is fine with 8 GB?
so can I consider to buy the server with 32 GB? I need to consider also memory for the ESXI ? how much memory take this process 4 GB?
For the physical server hard disks, I think in a RAId 5 with, 300GB. This server will only have the OS of all the servers, data will storage into the NAS. Is this OK?
And how may network cards??
The second part of this project will build another VMware server for clustering,
What do you think mates
thanks a lot in advanced for any comment or suggestions
KR
Jesus