[BlueOnyx:11604] Re: BlueOnyx VMWare sizing

[Peter Robbins]

Hi Roy,

we use BO (all varieties, historically) as mail servers running on 
VMWARE and have had no issues at all.  Whenever we need more space I 
create a new drive on a datastore and then just extend the BO's LVM to 
include the new drive - whole process takes 20mins normally. Have done 
this 3 times now over the last few years as more space is required.

hope this helps
Peter

On 25/10/2012 15:52, Roy Urick wrote:
> OK, So we need to virtualize an instance of BO (5107R-SL-6.3). As I
> recall its Vmware friendly.
>
> Any suggestions on making it as thin as possible? We are needing to run
> one domain purely for smtp/imap for device mailboxes. We are moving off
> of BO in favor of hosted Exchange 2010, but really dont feel like paying
> for  the mailbox licenses of our 150 or so internet connected devices
> that just send administrative alerts via email. (scanners, copiers,
> management servers,  etc.)
>
> I recall seeing people doing similar setups and painting themselves into
> a corner by choosing a data store that is too small and the OS runs out
> of room on its partitions. How much RAM? Whats the minimum safe drive
> size I need to allocate in VMWARE for one of these things?  Im only
> interested in what the OS needs. I'll pad the suggestion(s) with what I
> think the mailboxes will use after I finish collecting the existing
> mailbox size data.
>
>    Any other sage advice from those that have done this before and
> learned the hard way?
>
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