SEPM 12.1 as a virtual guest

Hi Everyone,

We are planning to test the performance of SEPM 12.1 as a guest on virtual platform. However my main concerne is, will it perform as good as or better than the physical box when it comes to supporting more than 9000 clients. we have gone through SEPM 12.1 implementation guide and many other TECHIDs on symantec connect that says it can be done and it does well. But we are more interested in getting to know from the tech-guys about the experiances and findings if anyone has done it

It would be really great if anyone can share there experiances. Suggestions are most welcome.

Thanks in advance...