{"id":374,"date":"2021-05-13T11:01:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T11:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/itu\/?page_id=374"},"modified":"2021-08-13T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T09:42:58","slug":"virtual-server-farm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/ito\/staff-services\/virtual-server-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Server Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"374\" class=\"elementor elementor-374\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79066af2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79066af2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;1ed813f&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7be7324e\" data-id=\"7be7324e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b0a87ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b0a87ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2>About Virtual Server Farm<\/h2>\n\n<p>HKMU starts using the server virtualization technology since 2006. Server virtualization has the benefits of reducing hardware costs, reducing physical space and energy, faster server provisioning and easier to maintain. Currently, HKMU Virtual Server Farm is built on VMWare ESXi platform. It supports emulations of Intel X64 servers running in Windows and Linux operating systems as Virtual Machines (VM).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/itu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/image-85.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2>Guideline for application<\/h2>\n\n<p>System owner should understand the usage and prepare well the requirement of the system before the application of a VM. The followings are some pre-requisitions:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Appoint an administrator for the system<\/li>\n<li>Purchase all the required software and application licenses<\/li>\n<li>Estimate the size of the system<\/li>\n<li>Prepare the required network connection requirement for firewall release<\/li>\n<li>Keep monitor and ongoing security of the system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staff.intranet.hkmu.edu.hk\/staff_handbook\/staff_virtual_serv_farm.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/itu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/image-84.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Virtual Server Farm HKMU starts using the server virtualization technology since 2006. 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