Had a friend do this very thing recently and the mb/cpu combo he picked would not support hyperviser.
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 This email and any attachments transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately. All inquiries, quotations, purchase orders, acknowledgments, invoices or other documents memorializing offers, acceptances or contractual obligations are subject to Webco’s standard terms and conditions of sale (when Webco is the seller, www.webcoindustries.com/tcsales.aspx) or purchase (when Webco is the buyer, www.webcoindustries.com/tcpurchase.aspx). Webco manufactures tubular products to meet customer dimensional and materials specifications. Webco is not an engineering or design business. Any engineering information provided is purely incidental to the tube manufacturing process and not offered or intended to be engineering services related to the performance specifications a customer may require, which is the customer’s responsibility to determine. ~ 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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