I run my entire lab on a laptop (W530) I7 32 GB RAM. Like everyone is saying disk IO is the biggest factor for VM's for sure. I've got three SSD's in the laptop and split the VM's up across those. I can run about 10 VM's or so in the lab and the memory is the cap not disk IO for me.
Thanks, Justin Chalfant Premier Field Engineer - Configuration Manager Public Sector Microsoft Services Tel : (303) 846-2701 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> If you have any feedback about my work, please let either myself or my manager Rusty Gray know at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Johan Arwidmark Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 4:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM LAB Preparation Run the DC, SCCM server, and a virtual routers as VMs on the physical host. These days VM performance are great, and it won't go faster if you run SCCM on the host directly. Using physical servers for anything but VM hosts and scale-out file servers is a crime :) / Johan From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Dzikowski Sent: den 24 september 2014 00:21 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [mssms] SCCM LAB Preparation Which ever route you choose regarding hardware, one thing I will recommend is SSD's for your storage. I've used Western Digital Blacks before, and the performance just can't touch SSDs when virtualizing things in your lab. Mike D- ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:59:28 +0200 Subject: [mssms] SCCM LAB Preparation To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Hi All, I have a 16GB Desktop. Which I want to make it SCCM2012 LAB. earlier I used to enable the Hyper-v (OR) installaing the Microsoft Virtual PC and inside that I used to create the Lab..... Where I feel inisde VM always will be slow Now I want to setup a Lab like HostMachine / Base Desktop I want to make it as SCCM Server and inside I want to enable the Hyper which I want to host the DC(Domain Controler).. Or vise versa where base machine is Domain and inside after enable ign the Hyper-V installaing the SCCM.. Suggest me which is the BEST option at the same time I want to get the internet on all machines(host machine and inside the Hyper -V machines) Any Idea How i can achive this kind of setup.
