RAM ESX Server?

We currently have an ESX Server with 8 GB of RAM with about 6 VM. I'm going to add more virtual machines I need also us just ordered Dell PowerVault MD3000i iSCSI RAID since the virtual machines will be on the MD3000i am good with the 8 GB on the host or I need to improve?

It depends on what are virtual machines? I would look to see what memory is used by the virtual machines currently and especially if the balloon driver is used - if the balloon pilot is active without a doubt, you need to add memory - it can be checked by looking at graphs of performance for the ESX Server - activity of the ToolTip will be displayed in graphics performance for virtual machines.

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