Do you want a real 'server class' system or something that just works? I picked up a a refrub HP Pavilion Media Center PC with a Quad core Q6600 Intel chip and added a total of 8GB of RAM in (less then $700 total). The CPU itself hardly blinks.
I currently am running the host system as a DC, 3 W2k8 virtual systems and 3 64 bit w2k3 systems for learning Exchange 2007. A friend has a similar 'home build' system but he added 3 320GB drives to spread the guest systems on as there is more Disk IO contention then Ram/CPU issues. The only slow downs I really experience are when trying to run Windows update on three w2k3 systems (38 updates) at the same time :). I really need to build up a WSUS system for this. Steven On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:37 AM, Michael B. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Related Q: a few weeks ago someone (Blackstone? Espinola? I don't remember) > posted a site that had really excellent prices on white-box servers. > > > > (I need something inexpensive for home that I can use as a Hyper-V server.) > > > > Anyone remember what that site was? > > > > (And, BTW, it's a real failing for me – I don't really "do" hardware. So, > designing a server from the motherboard up isn't a skill I have. Webster > helped me a lot yesterday, but when I gave him all of my requirements, it > was more than I wanted to spend…) > > > > Thanks! > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:53 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards > > > > The 2100 is on the 2003 HCL but I don't see it on the 2008. > > http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/item.aspx?idItem=6c0eadca-361e-de5f-976a-c294349ab8d5&bCatID=1282 > > > > I would "imagine" that 2008 will install, but may not be supported. > > > > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 6:00 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: newisys 2110-i motherboards > > > > Anyone have a clue whether newisys 2110-I motherboards are natively > recognized by server 2008? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
