I have a need to develop/put together a cheap testing environment for new software that is being implemented by the small company I work for.
The situation I walked into is this:
1 server hosts the SQL Server 2000 database and the application, as well as other ancillary apps on that one server. The application is already in quasi-production. We are not fully utilizing the software right now…poor project planning and implementation (that’s why I was brought in: to get us on the right track).
Anyway, I would like to know if a product like VMWare or MS Virtual Server would be a viable option for setting up a testing environment. At some point, there will be upgrades to the software, and I don’t want to push directly to Production. Our company also needs a testing environment as we learn the software (even though we are already in “production”.
I have never worked with Virtual Servers, but I think I get the concept.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Dennis
