Does BIA Blade servers suppot virtualization

Hi,
I have a question, would like to know if the BIA Blade servers support virtulization? Is it possible to implement BIA on the Blade servers with VMware installed on it, there by enabling virtualization?. Does the BIA blade servers support virtualization?
Thanks and Regards,
Archana

Hi Archana,
as Vitaliy already mentioned VMware is currently not supported. The reason therefore is relative easy. BWA is based on the TREX search engine and there is some interesting note which you should take a look (1303814 - TREX 7.1: Usage of TREX on Virtual Machines (VM))
The two reasons are why it also won´t be supported in near future:
1) TREX can be used in virtual environments for low-data-volume scenarios. Please note that the published sizing rules may become invalid. SAP has measured TREX performance losses up to 30%, depending on the virtualization solution. If TREX performance issues in virtual server environments arise, make sure you have configured your virtual machine correctly. Reserving memory (and in some cases CPU) are recommended to rule out shortness of resources on the virtualization host in case of resource contention. A detailed resource planning is absolutely mandatory!
2) TREX should be run on physical servers in high-load environments.
There is no note especially for BWA, but it´s not supported in cause of the low CPU load of the vmware HW. You won´t get support if you install your prod environment on VMware! If you take the chance you can setup your test environment on VMware, but normally you also won´t get support in case of an error. I think this depends on the philosophy of your company...
Regards,
Jens

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