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We discussed the importance of baselining these tests. It is important to baseline not
only the initial test but also all subsequent tests to understand the impact of the
configuration change made and to determine if the change provides enough value to be
rolled into production.
In addition to changing the levels of vSphere, Windows, or SQL, use this as an
opportunity to validate (or in some cases, demonstrate to others in the organization)
features within vSphere. For example, many DBAs are not familiar with vMotion,
Storage vMotion, HA, and many other vSphere technologies. Although these terms are
part of the everyday vocabulary of a vSphere administrator, they are not part of a DBA
or management's vernacular. Use this environment to demonstrate these features and
how they work under load.
Finally, we want to thank you, the reader, for your interest in our topic. We are all very
passionate about virtualization of high I/O workloads such as SQL Server on the
vSphere platform and appreciate the opportunity to share what we have learned over the
years with you. We hope we have provided you value and you are able to use the
knowledge in this topic in your professional life. Best of luck to you on your
virtualization journey.
—Michael Corey, Jeff Szastak, and Michael Webster
