Let's start a new thread. Lab Resources and test environments.
Microsoft has some nice stuff at their virtual labs. This is all free. It's not in depth but can often provide a nice overview 'this is how it looks like' environment before doing something if you have no resources. You can do them several times. I generally download the pdf lab and do the lab once. http://www.microsoft.com/events/vlabs/default.mspx I have an older HP Media Center Pavilion system with 8GB ram at home. I run WIndows 2008r2 with HyperV on it with the base system being a DC. I can get 4 to 5 very slow guests up on it but frankly don't care about the speed. I have 3 320GB drives I run guests on. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx NOTE: You can download time limited iso's from Microsoft. The downside is you have to rebuild your environment every 120 days. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx Get good at scripting setups for your environment and this is less painful then it could be. (user account creation/password, etc) Currently I blew up my test lab and it's getting rebuilt. If I need to expand my guests, I run Virtual Box on my own system which I game with. It's a few years old but can get 2-3 guests up if I don't task them much. http://www.virtualbox.org/ Your own domain name. They are cheap. It's useful to have something that is 'yours'. Nothing teaches you like getting something real to interact on the Internet. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
