Hi, I have a situation where the customer wants to virtualize all their SQL Servers. They have medium sized databases and are a smaller company. The problem is the customer does not know which virtualization tool to use. I am not an expert on virtualization, and they are having someone else set up the servers. I started to think, how negatively this could effect me, if the SQL Servers don't perform well.
I would think that a microsoft product would run better on a microsoft product and support would be better, but most of their storage was setup by EMC, and they use mostly EMC products for their storage/backup etc. so the hardware guys want to go with VMWare and it might be a better tool for most apps, but I still have a reservation on how SQL Server will work. I already see some serious clustering limitations such as no shared storage. They also want to implement Always On Replicas.
I am wondering if anyone already had to do this exercise and what experiences they had. A good unbiased opinion would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
I would think that a microsoft product would run better on a microsoft product and support would be better, but most of their storage was setup by EMC, and they use mostly EMC products for their storage/backup etc. so the hardware guys want to go with VMWare and it might be a better tool for most apps, but I still have a reservation on how SQL Server will work. I already see some serious clustering limitations such as no shared storage. They also want to implement Always On Replicas.
I am wondering if anyone already had to do this exercise and what experiences they had. A good unbiased opinion would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
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