Poweredge 860

[Mark Dundore]

You are correct- the "real" controllers are on eeprom modules and these are interchangeable windows gui front-ends.  I use nist-time to update the clock.  I used GSX/ESX for 3 yrs - pretty good time synch when depending on the version- no remote audio on ESX, tho- or I would be using that.

-Mark
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Mathis <brian.mathis at gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:33:19 
To: <markdundore at westernintl.com>
Cc: Adrian Schmitz<aschmitz at lehighgas.com>; ChaseBolt<cbolt at datinggold.com>; Brian McGrew<brian at visionpro.com>; Dell Linux PowerEdge MailingList<linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com>
Subject: Re: Poweredge 860


On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Mark
Dundore<markdundore at westernintl.com> wrote:
> These will be hosting critical VMs running apps that automate manufacturing
> processes. I have XP boxes remoting into these VMs, so they not only need
> audi, but also audio...
>
> Will probably duplicate the VMs onto a secondary box and do upgrades on the
> secondary- then swap roles I can send an upgraded RAID array and copy the
> VMs from the primary if it goes south.
>
> The test-bed is an 860- all the rest are on 2950s
>
> -Mark

One thing to be cautious of when using VMs is that the clock is not
always consistent.  Sometimes it runs fast and other times slow.  The
VMware tools can often compansate for this, but it's not perfect.  If
your manufacturing processes require real-time precision, putting the
systems in a VM is not the way to go.  However, if they are just
hosting a front-end to the "real" control modules, then a VM is
probably just fine.