VIRTUALIZATION ACTUALIZATION

VIRTUALIZATION ACTUALIZATIONBalacom Services

Daniel R. Bennett, Kyle Campbell, Jimmy Schmalzl

Virtual Server Farm

INTRODUCTION• Group Background• Project Overview

• ITCS• Servers

• Networking• Backups • Storage

• UPS• ESX

• Stress Testing• ISP’s

• Lessons Learned• Conclusion• Questions

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GROUP BACKGROUND

• Group Formed in 2010• Worked Together on a Perl project• Studied Together Weekly• Shared Common Interests


Project Overview

• Our Client is Balacom Services• Designed a Virtual Server Farm• Proof of concept• Capable of hosting 50 VMs• Smallest possible footprint


Interested in ITCS?

• This project coincides with the ITCS curriculum

• ESX, server stress testing and configuration, OS setup, networking


Servers• Test server was configured in the

ITCS project lab• Server implemented was an HP

DL385G7• Other server manufacturers

considered include Dell and Gateway


Servers• Server required for VMware Virtual

Center• Allows for administration of virtual

servers• Suggested system is the Dell

PowerEdge T310• Windows computer is also required

for vSphere


Networking• Selected switch was a Cisco ESW-

540-24• Network design keeps production

and management traffic separate• Cat5e chosen over Cat6 for gigabit

Ethernet


Backups• Backups are done for loss prevention

not file retrieval• Backup scheme involves a weekly

copy of the virtual machine virtual disk file using tar and cron

• Chosen media is the hard drive as opposed to other traditional methods


Expanded Storage• The NAS box is a Buffalo TeraStation III• Data is transferred using iSCSI• TeraStation III is capable of storing 8TB

of data• Other researched alternative is the

Dell PowerEdge NX3000 running Windows Server 2008 R2


UPS• Optional UPS’ Considered:• SMT3000• SMT1500RM2U

• The UPS Selected: SMT2200• Why it was selected• Cost and Performance


VMware ESX vs ESXi• ESX• Red Hat Linux console

• ESXi• Free of charge

• Why we selected ESX over ESXi


STRESS TESTING• Web Load Tester• Graphical user interface(GUI)• Very versatile

• Siege• Run from the command line


ISP’s• Internet Service Providers


Shaw TELUS Rogers Bell

Cost/Month $301.95 $345.00 $169.95 $160.00

Upload Speed 5 Mbps 1.5+ Mbps 2 Mbps 800 Kbps

Download Speed 15 Mbps 1.5+ Mbps 10 Mbps 6 Mbps

Bandwidth 200 GB/Month Unlimited Unlimited 300 GB/Month

Support Weekdays, 24hours 24/7 24/7 24/7

Provision of Domain

No Yes Yes Yes

No. Of Static IP's 1 Static IP 5 Static IP's 5 Static IP's 1 Static IP

LESSONS LEARNED AND CHALLENGES

• Pre-Planning• Communication• Time Management• Read The Manual• Don’t Rush


CONCLUSION


• We are the Virtualization Actualization workgroup

• Our project involved designing a virtual server farm for Balacom Services

• This project was a proof of concept• We researched and planned for the

networking, physical hardware and software for the server farm

QUESTIONS?


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