I'm just trying to stream from the Internet to the TV...so whatever Hulu uses (looks like Flash) or Windows Media Player (watching DVD's).
Media software on the host OS sounds like my fallback plan, shouldn't be an issue I'd think, Server 2012 licensing allows that kind of usage (1 physical and 2VM's, as I read it). Apparently Win8 would let me do similar things, but I don't see it as fitting what I want to do with VM's... From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Cornetet Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 11:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware Not sure what media software you are using, but a few people tried to get XBMC (a very popular media player) to run in a virtual under ESX using a variety of video cards dedicated to the XMBC virtual, and none were ever successful in getting useable results. Oh, and the technology that allows that is VT-d. SLAT is secondary address translation table. I'm guessing you'd want to run the media software on the host OS. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lum Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 1:33 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware Hmm...maybe I'm thinking too narrow of a box (see what I did there?). Looks like all i-series CPU's support Hyper-V too. Thinking further....I have a PC that we mainly use to stream HULU/Netflix....would it be feasible to use a Hyper-V server and one VM be the entertainment system/HDMI output with other VM's running in the background? It looks like if I can use SLAT (Intel's I processors do). Anyone doing this? Hyper-V server with 1 Media workstation VM leveraging good video card for streaming 1080 video outputting to TV via HDMI 1 VM that is a server OS 1 VM that is generic workstation client Dave From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Cornetet Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 7:57 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware I'd think whiteboxing would not be viable since a Xeon proc and 32GB of RAM will just about consume your $500 right off the bat. Why does it have to be a Xeon? A quad core i5 whitebox might be doable for $500. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lum Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:19 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] Looking for Hyper-V server hardware My old home lab PowerEdge 840 server is giving me issues so I'm looking to upgrade, looking to spend ~500 (can be used, obviously!). Ideally I'd like a tower server populated with 32GB RAM. I'm not picky on brand (partial to Dell because that's what my clients run, but not a requirement) but do want Xeon instead of the AMD equivalent. The closest I can find is a Dell T300 populated with 24GB RAM for about $500 shipped, which would work (the 840 has only 8GB RAM!). Since this is for my home lab I don't mind building a white box system either. Suggestions anyone? Dell Outlet prices are out of my price range... * Tower * Xeon proc * 24+GB installed * HDD's / optical drive not necessary, I have my own David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764
