The SAS drives on the DL might be a bit of overkill if you are looking to save some money and are getting an Equallogic. ESX is going to a light footprint and pretty soon (if not already) HP/DELL/etc will be offering machines like DLs with no moveable drives with an ESX light footprint on an internal USB.
_____ From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: server options An HP DL would handle that easily and is supported. An easier way to figure what you should get is look at the very small HCL for ESX J jlc From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 5:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: server options I am pricing out hardware for a new venture and could use some feedback. Basically I am coming up with a poor boys IT infrastructure, and a fairly nice setup if our funding comes in. I would like to go 64-bit now, and run 32-bit VM images if necessary; hopefully all will be 64-bit. what are my options for * a 64-bit server * 6 NICs (2 onboard & a quad card) * 24 GB of RAM * at least 2 processors * 4 SAS drives in RAID 5 This will be a VMWare server with VMotion connected to an Equalogic SAN..... all of which needs to be purchased. Thanks, Klint ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
