We've been looking at Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) blade server, which appears to have great potential. Very fast, and eliminates almost all top-of-rack copper cabling from servers to top-of-rack switch. Custom-built for VMWare optimization, but other virtualization OS's will run also from what I have read. Ten GiGE and FCoE are the entry points at the server access layer. -----Original Message----- From: Brandon Kim [mailto:brandon.kim@brandontek.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:18 AM To: nanog group Subject: OT: VM slicing and dicing Hey gents: As always I value your input. Best resource on the planet! =) I'm hoping this isn't too off-topic if so please respond to me offline if so. I figured since most of everyone here are operators working in a datacenter, you may or may not have experience with virtualization software that allows you to configure VM's on the fly. I'm not looking for companies that offer this service, but the actual software engines that allow you to create VM's on the fly. So a customer goes to your website and says I want Win2008 with 8gigs of RAM and 120gigs of HDD. Just like custom configuring a new PC. Does anyone here have experience or knowledge of companies that offer this type of software engine? Thanks in advance! Brandon