great idea! thanks.
Steven Peck wrote:
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
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