Must read: SharePoint 2010 Virtualization Guidance and Recommendations
Just got published: SharePoint 2010 Virtualization Guidance and Recommendations a must read for anyone looking at SharePoint 2010 and Project Server 2010 virtualization:
Overview
This white paper illustrates best practices for virtualizing SharePoint Server 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. Technical decision makers, such as architects and systems administrators, can use this information to design, architect, and manage a virtualized SharePoint infrastructure.
Table of Content
| Overview |
| Virtualization Using Hyper-V |
| Prerequisites for Hyper-V |
| Why Virtualize SharePoint? |
| Hardware Consolidation |
| Ease of Management and Provisioning |
| Testing and Development |
| Business Continuity and Availability |
| Planning a Virtual Deployment |
| Hardware and Software Requirements |
| Physical and Virtual Topology |
| High Availability |
| Virtualization of SharePoint Components |
| Best Practices for Virtual Processor, Memory, Disk, and Network |
| Managing the Virtual SharePoint Environment |
| Performance Test Results |
| Hardware Sets |
| Virtual Machine Scale-Up |
| Single-Host Scale-Out |
| Virtual vs. Physical |
| VM Scale-Out |
| Physical Scale-Up |
| Licensing |
| Conclusion |
| Additional Resources |
| Customer Evidence |
| Online Resources |
Diagram highlighting a virtualization plan:
