I missed these recommendations (I was on PTO last week) so I ended up paying
$400 for one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Poweredge-C1100-1U-2X-XEON-QC-L5520-2-26GHZ-4x160GB-HDD-48GB-DDR3-Warranty-/251263380756?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item3a8076ed14
On powering up it turns out I have one of this guys' 72GB RAM offerings, but it
loaded Server 2012 Standard just fine and I was able to move my Hyper-V guests
over no sweat. It doesn't come with a CD-ROM drive and reading forums it's not
really recommended for an SMB solution but for my lab uses it's perfect.
Troubleshooting my PowerEdge 840 (long story on why I didn't do this before
ordering the C1100), turns out the BIOS dropped the settings of two of the four
SATA drives ("unknown") and changed the boot order from 0-1-2-3 to 2-1-0-3.
Resetting the drive info to what I'd expected brought the server back to normal
operating condition. I will simply turn it into an iSCSI target...
Dave
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Ken Schaefer
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 3:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware
For the workload you've mentioned, I'd just get a HP Microserver. Cheap, quiet,
cool.
Get 2 x SSDs for whatever needs fast disk, and 2 x WD Blacks or Reds for
anything that needs bulk storage.
The latest gen (G8) has iLO, 2 x GB Nics, 4 drive bays, 16GB RAM supported.
Cheers
Ken
From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lum
Sent: Saturday, 17 August 2013 5:00 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware
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]>
[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]<mailto:[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]>
[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<tel:503.548.5229> // Cell (voice/text)
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