Use one as an SMB 3 file share host for the other's VMs. It's the shizzle.
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: > Thought I’d search the forums for ‘lab’ to find a new lab machine… **** > > Glad I came across this thread!**** > > That eBay deal seems like a steal. I just quoted a RAM upgrade for a > server that was twice as much as these.**** > > ** ** > > Just purchased 2 of them.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David Lum > *Sent:* Monday, August 26, 2013 1:15 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware**** > > ** ** > > Yep, works like a charm…requires older IE (I had to tell IE10 to play like > IE8) and Java, but I consoled into it and it woks fine.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Michael B. Smith > *Sent:* Monday, August 26, 2013 10:34 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware**** > > ** ** > > Good heavens. Do these things have a BMC on them? DRAC, I mean?**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *David Lum > *Sent:* Monday, August 26, 2013 9:20 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: Looking for Hyper-V server hardware**** > > ** ** > > 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] <[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] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *David Lum > *Sent:* Saturday, 17 August 2013 5:00 AM > *To:* [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] <[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**** > > **** > > ** ** >
