tag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:/discussions/installation/1380-standalone-vs-virtual-deployments-in-74Cascade CMS: Discussion 2018-10-18T20:36:54Ztag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/277994992013-07-16T14:23:24Z2013-07-16T14:23:24ZStandalone vs. Virtual Deployments in 7.4<div><p>Hi,</p>
<blockquote>
<p>With that as a simple starting point, what are the next
questions to ask, or points to consider to make a determination as
to which type of deployment would be a better fit for us? My
personal preference is to go virtualized. What are some
circumstances when this is a sub-optimal choice?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I would recommend going with your organization's preference
(what is more cost effective? what is easier to support?). We have
numerous clients running their Cascade Server instance in a
virtualized environment. I've had one or two clients mention that
performance on a VM was not quite as good as a physical machine so
that is likely due to the overhead of virtualization. The good news
in a VM is that it's much easier to allocate more resources as the
need arises. Just FYI, we run our <a href=
"http://www.hannonhill.com/products/cascade-cloud.html">Cascade
Cloud</a> instances on Linux virtual machines and performance there
has been phenomenal.</p>
<p>When you install and configure your new instance, I would
recommend allocating 4GB (of the 8GB total) to Cascade Server
itself. Also, make sure that your database resides on a separate
VM. This will ensure that there is no resource contention between
the application and database (if they were on the same
machine).</p>
<p>I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further
questions.</p>
<p>Thanks</p></div>Timtag:help-archives.hannonhill.com,2010-02-09:Comment/277994992013-08-07T20:40:12Z2013-08-07T20:40:12ZStandalone vs. Virtual Deployments in 7.4<div><p>We use a Linux VM in a VMWare environment with 4GB of RAM and 4
cores that's been working OK with 500 users and 69 sites. It seems
like the new 7.4 software, or maybe just growing usage, is a little
more demanding so we're considering adding resources.</p></div>rcheyne