Temporary Virtual Appliances? - Heck to the Yes!!!
A recent mistake by an employee destroyed a virtual Windows server running our outbound SMTP services. The organization only wants Windows based systems for operations, so a four hour setup from scratch process began.
In order to minimize service downtime, a very small virtual appliance using TurnKey Linux was found, configured, and placed in service in the interim. If I COULD run my SMTP services on something like that 100% of the time, I would. I can't from a policy perspective, but it does make a wonderful less than 512MB of storage and less than 512MB of memory temporary stand-in for a 40Gb+ of storage and 16GB of memory Windows Server. If I ran all of our required services with similar tools, I could make do with 1/10 the hardware we currently use. Barring that option, as a temporary stand-in for critical services, TurnKey Linux projects work quite well.
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8 年Impressive but not an unexpected result of using virtual services. I had managed support for a call center where we developed a 20 minute PC replacement by using a hardware imaging device and keeping a stack of desktop imaged harddrives in reserve, minimizing downtime and support costs. The tech would just pop the drive in, add to the domain and the call rep was back in business. With virtual it can be even quicker.