The latest version of Essentials+ now comes with vMotion :-)
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Scott Lepley <scott.lepley@...> wrote:
>
> Thank you Motty and Zac for the info.
>
>
>
> Motty, I have just two points in reply. One, to clarify, we've been using
> VMware Workstation for a while, but only in a limited manner to provide VM's
> for testing (agree it has been very helpful for that purpose). But now,
> we're planning to go full-bore to virtualize all of our servers (three
> Windows, one Linux), hence my original post. Two, in their recent webcast
> regarding virtualized environments, Epicor seemed to present Hyper-V at
> least as favorably as vSphere, perhaps even more so considering the cost.
> Again, we're just looking for feedback from users about their real-life
> experiences.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Scott
>
>
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> *From:* vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf
> Of *Mordechai
> *Sent:* Friday, April 08, 2011 7:10 AM
> *To:* vantage@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* [Vantage] Re: Virtualization options
>
>
>
> Scott,
> If you have waited this long for virtualization because Epicor did not
> support it, you may consider going with their recommendation here too –
> looks like what they know and worked with is VMware!
> BTW, we installed 8.03 4 years ago and always had it on a VMware cluster –
> never had any issues with Epicor that were caused by the environment.
> Must say it has been a huge save of time for testing upgrades and
> re-creating test system from production.
>
> Motty
>
> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Zac Jason Woodward <zac@> wrote:
> >
> > Im all for RHEV. Not saying that everything is perfect for it. Even with
> its flaws if I had to pick again I would still go with RHEV.
> >
> > Alternatively you can look into the Linux package called Xen (not citrix)
> Not sure why they named it the same name as the citrix product. Or you can
> go with KVM and pick your own KVM management interface.
> >
> > "Zac" Jason Woodward
> > Network Administrator
> > Intermountain Electronics, Inc.
> > O: 877-544-2291
> > M: 435-820-6515
> > F: 435-637-9601
> > www.ie-corp.com
> >
> > Creating customer confidence through extraordinary service and experienced
> industry experts.
> >
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Scott Lepley
> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 3:15 PM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [Vantage] Virtualization options
> >
> > Oh, OK. Wow, that was easy!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vantage@yahoogroups.com<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> vantage@yahoogroups.com<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> > Of Waffqle
> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 4:22 PM
> > To: vantage@yahoogroups.com<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Vantage] Virtualization options
> >
> > Go with VMware.
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Scott Lepley <
> > scott.lepley@<mailto:scott.lepley%40mercuryelectronics.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > Mercury Electronics has been considering virtualization for some time
> > and,
> > > now that Epicor is willing to support running Epicor 9 in a virtual
> > > environment, this consideration has now become a full-blown project.
> > Based
> > > upon previous postings to the list, it is clear that some companies have
> > > already implemented Epicor 9 in a virtualized environment. To the best
> > of
> > > my knowledge, only VMware vSphere and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
> > > have
> > > been mentioned as the virtualization technologies. We will be
> > considering
> > > both of those, but we will also be researching Microsoft's Hyper-V
> > > solution. If anyone on the list has implemented Hyper-V, we would
> > > certainly
> > > like to hear about your experience with it. I think these would be
> > > considered the "big three", but information about any others (e.g.
> > Citrix)
> > > would also be helpful.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Scott Lepley
> > >
> > > Systems Analyst
> > > Mercury Electronics Division
> > > Diversified Traffic Products, Inc.
> > > 3846 Green Valley Road
> > > P.O. Box 248
> > > Seven Valleys, PA 17360
> > > Tel.: 717-428-0222, ext. 250
> > > Fax: 717-428-0333
> > > Email: scott.lepley@<mailto:scott.lepley%40mercuryelectronics.com>
> > > Epicor v9.04.506a
> > >
> >
>
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