Step Five: Design the VMM Server
The fifth step in the VMM planning process is to design the VMM server infrastructure. By definition, the VMM server is the central hub for what defines a VMM managed host set and how the various VMM components interact with that set. As such, the VMM server performs most of the functions that are critical to the functionality of a VMM deployment. However, despite its key nature, the number of different tasks a VMM server has to perform only results in a relativity light workload for the server this component is deployed on. Therefore, the recommended hardware configuration for a VMM server that is supporting up to 8,000 virtual machines and 400 host servers is a dual-processor or dual-core, 3.6GHz or greater ...
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