Becareful using Dell Workstations. I've had trouble in the past using them for tempdc units. They don't have drivers and the Microsoft generic ones won't work.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:00 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t need 32GB, but I plan to run Exchange 2013 which would be my > main RAM-eater, the rest don’t really need much RAM. I could probably get > away with 16GB if I had to, the Exchange would exist for testing migration > from on-prem to Office365 more than anything.**** > > ** ** > > Dave**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Andrew S. Baker > *Sent:* Friday, August 16, 2013 11:52 AM > *To:* ntsysadm > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware**** > > ** ** > > Why do you need 32GB to manage that? > > I have a host managing more VMs (5 currently) with 16GB RAM, and I was > doing some streaming on it for a while. > > An i3 would be okay, but an i5 would be excellent. (I'm running two > different Hyper-V boxen with quad-core E3-1235 processors.)**** > > > **** > > **** > > **** > > *ASB > **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* > **Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) > for the SMB market…***** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:33 PM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > 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]] *On Behalf Of *Ken Cornetet > *Sent:* Friday, August 16, 2013 7:57 AM > *To:* [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] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *David Lum > *Sent:* Friday, August 16, 2013 10:19 AM > *To:* [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**** > > **** > > ** ** >
