Home lab to use ESXi, Hyperv, for 64bit vm's but what computer to use?
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Had an old Precision 670 lying around tried install of ESXi, then vserver (with 64 bit vm support) under windows 2008, and tried Windows 2008 with hyper-v role. Of course I configured bios to support hyper-threading, but software rejected it. Was eyeballing a used Precision 690, but what the heck, maybe just ask what others are using for "home" or development lab vm servers and how do they like it.
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Had an old Precision 670 lying around tried install of ESXi, then vserver (with 64 bit vm support) under windows 2008, and tried Windows 2008 with hyper-v role. Of course I configured bios to support hyper-threading, but software rejected it. Was eyeballing a used Precision 690, but what the heck, maybe just ask what others are using for "home" or development lab vm servers and how do they like it.
How much you wanna spend, and does it have to be a laptop?
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How much you wanna spend, and does it have to be a laptop?
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| FoldWithUs! | sighist | WhoIncludes - Analyzing C++ include file hierarchyThanks so much for your reply. Don't want to spend that much <1k, can be used machine, will update memory as needed, RAID not required, high performance video not required. Form factor preferred is desktop/workstation. Server is expected only to run about 4-6 vm's at least two of them 64 bit rest 32 bit. Have been using Precision 650's with vmware server for my 32 bit vm's for several years with good success (32 bit host).
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Thanks so much for your reply. Don't want to spend that much <1k, can be used machine, will update memory as needed, RAID not required, high performance video not required. Form factor preferred is desktop/workstation. Server is expected only to run about 4-6 vm's at least two of them 64 bit rest 32 bit. Have been using Precision 650's with vmware server for my 32 bit vm's for several years with good success (32 bit host).
Check out the following build: Core i7 Socket 1366 (supporting DDR3), 12GB RAM (3 or six sticks), 2 disks to separate the load. I get that here from not the cheapest supplier at €800 custom built. Scaling up, pick ECC memory, then 24GB (haven't seen suitable 18GB builds) Scaling down: either a simpler Xeon (doesn't save much), or switch to an AMD build. If you don't expect the machines to run concurrently under high load, you should get away easily with an Athlon X4. Generally, I'd invest in RAM rather than RAID.
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Check out the following build: Core i7 Socket 1366 (supporting DDR3), 12GB RAM (3 or six sticks), 2 disks to separate the load. I get that here from not the cheapest supplier at €800 custom built. Scaling up, pick ECC memory, then 24GB (haven't seen suitable 18GB builds) Scaling down: either a simpler Xeon (doesn't save much), or switch to an AMD build. If you don't expect the machines to run concurrently under high load, you should get away easily with an Athlon X4. Generally, I'd invest in RAM rather than RAID.
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Ah ok. Over here (Germany) it's common enough to have it built-to-spec if you can name the parts. For the same reaosn, I can't say a lot about off-the-shelf systems.
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