Yeah I would love to have a SSD drive but that is out of my price range at the moment.
Jon On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m using a Sony Z (which you can’t get anymore unfortunately) > > > > However a lot of the corporate models will have: > > a) Main drive bay > > b) Option to put a second drive in the optical bay > > c) Powered eSATA (put another SSD in a PeSATA case) > > > > I’d avoid having a regular mechanical drive at all if you can avoid it > (unless you really need bulk storage of installation media etc.) I do keep a > 750GB 2.5” drive around for that, but I put my most commonly used > installation ISOs on a 32Gb SD card. I have 256GB internal SSD, plus 2 x > 240GB SSDs for the VMs. Most VMs seem to be around 10-20GB, so that gives > you the ability to store a large number. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 17 May 2011 6:31 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Recommendations - Laptop for Virtualization > > > > I am in the middle of doing this as well and went with a Dell E-6520 maxed > out on RAM, CPU, and video. It will come in about $2k US. I will also be > getting an e-SATA drive setup (most likely a build my own as it will allow > me to replace the drive later) to put all the VM's and Virtual manager > server and direct boot from the e-SATA. If you have the extra money I would > look at a Dell Precision laptop. You can get a lot more RAM but the cost of > the base machine is much higher. > > > > Jon > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Mark Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I need to purchase a laptop to run a virtualized test environment on. > > So it will need a CPU that supports VT of course. I'm thinking quad core > would be best to handle the VM load. > > I'd like to have the option of running an SSD for the primary drive and a > large SATA drive for storage. > > I'm having a hard time finding which laptops support 2 hard drives. > > It would be nice if it had mobile broadband (WWAN) support, so I could just > pop a SIM card in it - I keep breaking my dongle ;) but I doubt I'll find a > high powered laptop with that option. > > Any recommendations, opinions would be great. > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > ~ 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 > > > > ~ 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 > > ~ 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 > ~ 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
