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(Solved) : 64 Gb Server Use Virtualization Host Thirty Two Application Servers Plan P2v Host Applicat Q44016213 . . .

You have a 64 GB server to use as a virtualization host. Youhave thirty-two application servers that you plan to P2V to thishost. Each application server is currently on a physical serverthat has 4 GB of memory. The application servers all run WindowsServer 2008.

*Very crucial information Note: do not calculate in anyoverhead.*

  1. Without taking advantage of any memory optimization techniques,what is the maximum number of virtual machines you can host on yourserver? (I answered 32 as a guess because I haven’t figured out themath yet)
  2. With page sharing and ballooning you can take advantage ofmemory overcommit. If you overcommit memory at a 1.25:1 ratio, howmany virtual machines can you now host? (I multiplied 32 x 1.25,again I just don’t know which variables from the word problem arewhich variables in the math)
  3. While gathering baseline performance metrics for the move tothe virtual environment, you find that on average, each system isactually using only 1 GB of memory. Keeping the same overcommitratio, how many virtual machines can be hosted? (i got 160here)
  4. You decide to leave some additional memory available for growthor emergency. At a 90 percent utilization limit, how many virtualmachines can you have? (I got 144 here)

I need the math explained step by step please!

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