Experience from working on your own home lab - Priceless From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 8:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: recommendations on home server
Strictly for home lab use: MB http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1963472&CatId=7248 $84 Memory http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1874822&CatId=4534 HD http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7331904&CatId=4357 $99 CPU http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1239958&CatId=7341 $189 Case http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7328068&CatId=1509 $69 Using these components you could get the following: 32G RAM 3TB in RAID 5 array across 4 spindles Total cost $954. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 [email protected]<mailto:> [cid:[email protected]] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com<http://www.guardianlife.com/> From: "Jimmy Tran" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: 04/02/2012 06:26 PM Subject: recommendations on home server ________________________________ I’m in need of a decent home server to run ESX-I to run SBS, W7 and some other test VM’s. My budget is preferably around $500-$1k. Looking for lots of processing power but low powered (if possible), RAID on the drives, decent amount of ram. Don’t know where to start….can someone recommend something? Jimmy ~ 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]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ 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]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ 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
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