Bah!, it's required for true geektum. Running Vsphere 4 at home for months now. I had a cobbled together Dell Precision workstation and was running ESX 3.5 on it. When we upgraded our triad at work to get the CPU's to all match I talked my boss in to letting me take home the Poweredge 2900 that didn't match any more. Dual Quad Xeon's with 24 gig of ram and about a TB of internal 15k SAS. Then I put together a storage server and installed Starwinds free ISCSI server on it. So now I can do full blown vmotion on shared storage between the Precision and Poweredge. And my electric bill has only gone up $20-30/month. ;^)
-----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 9:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SPAM Solution You, sir, have just gone to the top of the geek list, for having ESXi and VMs installed at home... >>> tony patton <[email protected]> 9/3/2009 12:21 AM >>> +1 for untangle, i have it running in a vm on esxi at home, really like +it and pretty easy to set up. Regards Tony Patton Desktop Operations Cavan Ext 8078 Direct Dial 049 435 2878 email: [email protected] From: Roger Wright <[email protected]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Date: 03/09/2009 02:59 Subject: Re: SPAM Solution I think Sunbelt's Ninja/VIPRE is a great choice for an in-house Exchange-based solution and should be in your short list of products for consideration. Another option for an "in the cloud" solution is Postini by Google Message Security. Last fall I switched two networks to it at just $3/user/year for inbound filtering. It's been nearly perfect but I don't know if they still offer that same minimal service at that price. You might want to check out UnTangle (http://www.untangle.com/home). It's not too difficult to install and will probably meet your client's needs for the cost of a spare PC. Roger Wright ___ On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Matt Plahtinsky <[email protected]> wrote: I have a client that is really tight on money. I need to implement a Anti-SPAM solution. In the past I have worked with 3 different products Barracuda, GFI, and xWall. My favorite by far is Barracuda b/c of the ability to easily sort through the logs to tighten the rules. I HATE GFI, it might be a good product but I was never able to get it to work well for me. This client currently has GFI (which is up for renewal) and I don't think I they can afford a Barracuda appliance. I'm going to be looking at VIPRE but didn't know if there were any other reasonably priced solutions I should be evaluating. Exchange 2003 / 60 email accounts / old hardware. ==================================================================== http://www.quinn-insurance.com This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. The contents should not be copied nor disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of QUINN-Insurance, unless otherwise specifically stated . As internet communications are not secure, QUINN-Insurance is not responsible for the contents of this message nor responsible for any change made to this message after it was sent by the original sender. Although virus scanning is used on all inbound and outbound e-mail, we advise you to carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment. We cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of any software viruses. ==================================================================== QUINN-Life Direct Limited is regulated by the Financial Regulator. QUINN-Insurance Limited is regulated by the Financial Regulator and regulated by the Financial Services Authority for the conduct of UK business. ==================================================================== QUINN-Life Direct Limited is registered in Ireland, registration number 292374 and is a private company limited by shares. QUINN-Insurance Limited is registered in Ireland, registration number 240768 and is a private company limited by shares. Both companies have their head office at Dublin Road, Cavan, Co. Cavan. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
