Reaping the benefits of live web conferencing and seminars in a virtualized environment

Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro 7.5 offers organizations a secure, intuitive, and hassle-free way
to engage in live and on-demand web conferencing, web seminars, and eLearning. Acrobat Connect Pro is an ideal solution for enterprises because it offers flexible deployment options, strong security, and an architecture based on open standards.

To extend the benefits of Acrobat Connect Pro to customers with virtualized server architectures, Adobe tested the application running VMware ESX Server to determine the application’s performance in a virtual environment. The tested configurations include a single application server setup that supports up to 500 concurrent users and a clustered three-server setup that supports up to 500 concurrent users per server. Each configuration uses a dedicated virtualized database. In these two configurations, Adobe found that Acrobat Connect Pro performed on par with an equivalent physical installation, showing minimal variations in performance. Any variations in performance were within acceptable limits, and the user experience was comparable. Customers who want to install Acrobat Connect Pro on VMware ESX Server can do so without negative impact on either performance or user experience.

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatconnectpro/pdfs/VCMPInstallGuideFINALNov032009.pdf