I have one setup which is a 8776 BladeCenter running seven LS20 blades and external fibre channel storage connected directly via FC pass-through module.
Each of the blades has between 8GB and 16GB memory and I was thinking of upgrading some of those to newer blades running 32GB of memory.
However, I have been trying to figure out the value of moving all of those VM's onto one single x3755 server. More than anything, the apps running on the BladeCenter are becoming non economical to keep running so I am looking at ways to save on power costs and keep the old apps running. Simpler than shutting them down.
What I am trying to find information on however is if this is a good idea or not.
I have about 30 VM's on the BC where many of them mostly communicate together. Consolidating those onto one server seems to make sense as they could talk directly together while also using the built in drive space for the VM's instead of the external FC storage. I could even consolidate some of those VM's onto other VM's to lower the number overall.
The box is a 64GB box with 4xquad cores so there would be plenty of resources. I'm just not sure that this is a good move and I have no idea how many VM's the x3755 can handle and run efficiently.
Not sure what else to add as details but please ask if I've missed something.
Thanks.