Hi,
after much consideration - i decided to go for Blades.
2 x BL460c with 2 x 8 physical cores with 128GB RAM each + 2x600GB HDD RAID1
C7000 Chassis
Can i check if only 2 blades allows VMotion and preferably HA?
How many standard licence do i need? - what i read is 4. Am I right?
Can I install VCenter directly into 1 of the blade? I need to buy just 1 license right?
Can I install ESXi host and install VMs onto the same HDD?
how many VMs can it support up to based on CPU and Memory only. SAN might come in later.
Must I have the same set of VMs in both blades or have FileServer and APPServer1 on Blade 1 and APPServer2 and Backup on another? In the event if 1 of the blade is down, can i make all of the 4 VMs in the working blade?
lets say i decided to go with only 1 blade/1rack server with similar configuration above instead of 2
Do i still need VCenter? If so, can i install directly into the blade with the ESXi host and ontop of the same ESXi host can I install VMs? I know there will not be any HA / VMotion for me but its ok.
TYVM