The beautiful thing about the SuperMicro is that it's all setup for work without CPU, Ram or Hard drives... everything else is all set. The reason I recommended a raid card was because the internal intel raid isn't likely to be supported by Xen.
Compared to a similar Dell or HP, the Supermicro is often half or less the cost. Sometimes those dell deals are awesome. Just make sure you get a 64-bit, Virtualization compatible CPU, no matter what system you go for! --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:16:13 -0800 Subject: Re: Hardware question... > I'd rather pay someone to do it - been a while since I've touched > hardware. Nice case, though. I'll keep that in mind. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 16:13, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > I built my own from i7 quad core CPU, gigabyte mobo, ( only ) 6gb RAM , > board will hold up to 24gb, and some SATA drives in this Antec case : > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FTTNIQ/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_3?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000087ZQC&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0RSKPCTW3TRV2AD16K5V > > > > Very quiet, plenty of airflow, drive bays use suspension/isolation, the > one I found at Fry's included the power supply too, proper for the i7 mobo > and drives > > > > > > > > Erik Goldoff > > IT Consultant > > Systems, Networks, & Security > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 6:39 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Hardware question... > > > > All, > > > > I'm contemplating getting much more familiar with Xen for my own > education, especially now that it's supposed to be able to replicate VMs in > realtime for failover. > > > > I'm thinking of having someone put together at least one, and perhaps two > boxes with a single quad-core CPU and 8 or 16 gbytes of RAM and not much > else, for home use. No fancy video, just use the on-board NICs, no sounds, > etc. > > > > Is there a good, cheap online vendor who you'd recommend to put together a > couple of boxes like that? > > > > Kurt > > > > ~ 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
