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VIRTUALIZATION ACTUALIZATION
Balacom 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
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Project Overview
• Our Client is Balacom Services• Designed a Virtual Server Farm• Proof of concept• Capable of hosting 50 VMs• Smallest possible footprint
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Interested in ITCS?
• This project coincides with the ITCS curriculum
• ESX, server stress testing and configuration, OS setup, networking
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Servers• Test server was configured in the
ITCS project lab• Server implemented was an HP
DL385G7• Other server manufacturers
considered include Dell and Gateway
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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
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Networking• Selected switch was a Cisco ESW-
540-24• Network design keeps production
and management traffic separate• Cat5e chosen over Cat6 for gigabit
Ethernet
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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
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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
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UPS• Optional UPS’ Considered:• SMT3000• SMT1500RM2U
• The UPS Selected: SMT2200• Why it was selected• Cost and Performance
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VMware ESX vs ESXi• ESX• Red Hat Linux console
• ESXi• Free of charge
• Why we selected ESX over ESXi
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STRESS TESTING• Web Load Tester• Graphical user interface(GUI)• Very versatile
• Siege• Run from the command line
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ISP’s• Internet Service Providers
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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
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CONCLUSION
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• 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