Marco Peereboom <slash@peereboom.us> writes:

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> I have seen people virtualize a file server and domain controller on a
> single machine.  Which is awesome because now you get free >30% loss of
> IO performance. You know it keeps bandwidth use lower and latency
> higher.  Exactly what lusers like.

Oh, try what a medium sized educational institution not too far from
here did: put several file servers on the same physical rig (sharing
one gigabit ethernet interface), then start whining when backups to
$elsewhere don't complete overhight.

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