RE: 64 bit wcf service library
Ok Thanks It is strongly named (Strong Name = True) I noticed that it has a /Force option /Force Forces an update even if the assembly is strong-named. Important noteImportant If you update a strong-named assembly, you must sign it again before executing its code. But I don't think I could sign it again Regards Peter From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Clark Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 1:04 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: 64 bit wcf service library Failing that, you could try using Corflags to set the assembly to be 64-bit compatible: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms164699.aspx This has a number of caveats though, most notably the fact that you won't be able to do this if the 3rd party assembly is strong-named. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Peter Maddin petermad...@iinet.net.au wrote: Thanks I am referencing a third party logging assembly. I suspect that it is 32 bit and that is my problem. I have asked the vendor if they can provide a 64 bit release. Regards Peter From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Liedig Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 12:28 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: 64 bit wcf service library Hi Peter, Typically, any cpu will run apps on the platform onto which they are deployed, so that should be fine. does your service have another references (third party) which may not be installed on the server? If so make sure they are also installed or they are compatible with x64. HTH, Steve On 9 June 2011 11:15, Peter Maddin petermad...@iinet.net.au wrote: I have written a fairly simple wcf service library. This will be hosted in a virtual instance of windows server 2008 r2, presumably running IIS 7.5 or better. The server will have 6 cores and 36 GB of memory. It will run 3 virtual web servers each will be bound to 2 cores and have 1/3 of the memory allocated. The system administrator has requested that the web service be 64 bit. The WCF service library is set with a Platform Target of 'Any CPU.' If I set this to x64, did clean and rebuild, it does this ok. The IIS web site chucks a fit however and gives me this error Error 2 Could not load file or assembly 'PathWestDirectServiceLibrary' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. I removed the web site and created it anew and added my wcf service library but it still does not like an assembly that targets x64. If I change it back to AnyCPU its happy with the format. Looks like I am stuck with it being set to AnyCPU. I am developing on Windows 7 64 bit. Is what I am doing just not possible. Any reason why? Regards Peter Maddin Applications Development Officer PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA Phone : +618 6396 4285 Mobile: 0414 240 307 E-Mail : petermad...@iinet.net.au; peter.mad...@health.wa.gov.au The contents of this e-mail transmission outside of the WAGHS network are intended solely for the named recipient's), may be confidential, and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure in the public interest. The use, reproduction, disclosure or distribution of the contents of this e-mail transmission by any person other than the named recipient(s) is prohibited. If you are not a named recipient please notify the sender immediately. image001.gif
RE: Website request slow performance / timeouts
For whats is worth I had a similar problem with sending data via FTP using a FTP control. The firewall would drop packets if it did not like the negotiated data port . When this happened the application (this happened when the command line FTP in a windows shell was used) would hang. No time out or exception. I had to use WireShark to observe the FTP communication dialog. As the negotiated ports vary, most of the time it would work fine but every now and then this would happen. The Firewall did log the fact that it was dropping packets but the administrator did not think it important enough to let me know ( I am only user among many). If you are using a desktop application one can kill it. If it is a service that operates continuously then its a real headache. I had to write another service that monitored this service and kill it if was hung. The operating system would then start a new instance. Regards Peter From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Michael Lyons Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 1:46 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Website request slow performance / timeouts We think we have narrowed it down to a firewall issue and are getting the vendor involved. From what we could see we were randomly getting a bunch of packets which seem to be being mysteriously dropped when transversing the trust/untrust zones of the firewall, nothing in the logs about it though. Only way we figured it out was via Wireshark at the start of this week; fiddler offered a hint via recreating SSL connections randomly. 99% sure its the firewall but theres still a little room for it to be something else. Thanks guys for your help, definitely using the failed request tracing on a permanent basis from now on. - Michael From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Paul Glavich Sent: Tuesday, 7 June 2011 1:17 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Website request slow performance / timeouts Sorry for late response. I hardly get onto this list anymore due to time constraints. It wont be easy, but perhaps grap Wireshark/Ethereal and monitor the traffic looking for TCP/IP packets getting dropped, if using SSL, excessive SSL negotiation, certificate revocation paths taking a long time and things like that. Have seen similar issues where the TCP packets were getting dropped/retried due to (if I remember correctly as it has been a while) bad TCP settings 9something to do with the header, framesize I think) on an internal firewall. That particular problem took ages to find though. - Glav From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Michael Lyons Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2011 3:09 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Website request slow performance / timeouts No maximums have been set, only minimums. IIS VM has 2 cores and 1Ghz reserved for it with a maximum of about 4Ghz. Ive had failed request tracing on for anything that takes longer than 5 seconds and so far it has caught only one instance out of a number of times Ive seen it happen. Total time for the failed instance was just over 5 seconds. Strangest thing though was the duration for the ManagedPipelineHandler it has NO_END. The HttpRedirectionModule started before it, so I assume it ran a response redirect and aborted the thread causing the NO_END Ive also checked that garbage collection isnt interfering and its definitely not an issue. --- Michael From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of djones...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, 30 May 2011 4:00 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Website request slow performance / timeouts Hi Recently, they moved my production website and database on to virtual machines. We experianced slow downs, timeouts on the website and blocking table locks on the database. The only thing was that each Morning, the first person to connect recalculates the cache for everyone else ( batch job before start of day ). Before the migration, the page took 22 seconds to load and pegged out all 8 cpu's on the db machine. After migration, it timed out after 15 min, using 2 cpu cores and 25% cpu capacity. The team that did the move took the average processor usage and set that as the max available cpu usage on the db and websites. It's fixed now. Davy When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. I feel much the same way about xml _ From: Michael Lyons maill...@ittworx.com Sender: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 14:23:51 +1000 To: 'ozDotNet'ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com ReplyTo: ozDotNet ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: RE: Website request slow performance / timeouts Noonie, No impersonation and connection pooling is on. Thanks for the suggestions was worth a double check. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com
Re: Website request slow performance / timeouts
Related fun: black hole routers http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314825 On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Peter Maddin petermad...@iinet.net.auwrote: For what’s is worth I had a similar problem with sending data via FTP using a FTP control. The firewall would drop packets if it did not like the negotiated data port . When this happened the application (this happened when the command line FTP in a windows shell was used) would hang. No time out or exception. I had to use WireShark to observe the FTP communication dialog. As the negotiated ports vary, most of the time it would work fine but every now and then this would happen. The Firewall did log the fact that it was dropping packets but the administrator did not think it important enough to let me know ( I am only user among many). If you are using a desktop application one can kill it. If it is a service that operates continuously then it’s a real headache. I had to write another service that monitored this service and kill it if was hung. The operating system would then start a new instance. Regards Peter *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Michael Lyons *Sent:* Thursday, 9 June 2011 1:46 PM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: Website request slow performance / timeouts We think we have narrowed it down to a firewall issue and are getting the vendor involved. From what we could see we were randomly getting a bunch of packets which seem to be being mysteriously dropped when transversing the trust/untrust zones of the firewall, nothing in the logs about it though. Only way we figured it out was via Wireshark at the start of this week; fiddler offered a hint via recreating SSL connections randomly. 99% sure it’s the firewall but there’s still a little room for it to be something else. Thanks guys for your help, definitely using the failed request tracing on a permanent basis from now on. - Michael *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul Glavich *Sent:* Tuesday, 7 June 2011 1:17 PM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: Website request slow performance / timeouts Sorry for late response. I hardly get onto this list anymore due to time constraints. It won’t be easy, but perhaps grap Wireshark/Ethereal and monitor the traffic looking for TCP/IP packets getting dropped, if using SSL, excessive SSL negotiation, certificate revocation paths taking a long time and things like that. Have seen similar issues where the TCP packets were getting dropped/retried due to (if I remember correctly as it has been a while) bad TCP settings 9something to do with the header, framesize I think) on an internal firewall. That particular problem took ages to find though. - Glav *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Michael Lyons *Sent:* Tuesday, 31 May 2011 3:09 PM *To:* 'ozDotNet' *Subject:* RE: Website request slow performance / timeouts No maximums have been set, only minimums. IIS VM has 2 cores and 1Ghz reserved for it with a maximum of about 4Ghz. I’ve had failed request tracing on for anything that takes longer than 5 seconds and so far it has caught only one instance out of a number of times I’ve seen it happen. Total time for the failed instance was just over 5 seconds. Strangest thing though was the duration for the ManagedPipelineHandler it has “NO_END”. The HttpRedirectionModule started before it, so I assume it ran a response redirect and aborted the thread causing the NO_END I’ve also checked that garbage collection isn’t interfering and it’s definitely not an issue. --- Michael *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *djones...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, 30 May 2011 4:00 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: Website request slow performance / timeouts Hi Recently, they moved my production website and database on to virtual machines. We experianced slow downs, timeouts on the website and blocking table locks on the database. The only thing was that each Morning, the first person to connect recalculates the cache for everyone else ( batch job before start of day ). Before the migration, the page took 22 seconds to load and pegged out all 8 cpu's on the db machine. After migration, it timed out after 15 min, using 2 cpu cores and 25% cpu capacity. The team that did the move took the average processor usage and set that as the max available cpu usage on the db and websites. It's fixed now. Davy When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. I feel much the same way about xml -- *From: *Michael Lyons maill...@ittworx.com *Sender: *ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com *Date: *Mon, 30 May 2011 14:23:51 +1000 *To: *'ozDotNet'ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com
RE: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements.
I'm not sure if any laptops exist that have the option of having Win Server 2008 R2 installed. If they do they are likely pretty expensive. Here's a reasonable Acer laptop for $1,050 (after cash back from Acer) that will meet your specs once you add another 4GB of RAM (comes with 1x 4GB but can be upgraded to 2x 4GB) and install your OS of choice. I've bought a couple of things from MWave before and had no problems with them (I have no affiliation with them). http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-31010931-Acer_AS5750G_2634G64Mn_Notebook_Intel_Gen2_Core_i7_2630QM_Processor_%282_0GHz_up_t There are faster processors but this is pretty good (the entry-level Sandy Bridge mobile CPU with 4 cores and hyper threading): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge Ben From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tejas Goradia Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 5:14 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. System Requirements * Supported Operating Systems:Windows Server 2008 R2 Additionally you will need: * Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled. * Drive Formatting: NTFS * Processor: Intel VT or AMD-V capable * RAM: 8 GB or more recommended * Hard disk space required for install: 50 GB This machine is going to be dedicated for running Virtual Machines made available from Microsoft like the 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine goog_1420228367 (RTM)http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=751fa0d1-356c-4002-9c60-d539896c66cedisplaylang=en I naturally don't want to spend a fortune so please suggest good value for money. Thanks, Tejas This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information it contains may be confidential or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of this email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer.
Re: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements.
Hi Ben, Thanks for the info. Would you suggest building a desktop instead? I'm happy to invest in a laptop but these days no amount of RAM is good enough. Tejas. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:29 PM, ben.robb...@jlta.com.au wrote: I'm not sure if any laptops exist that have the option of having Win Server 2008 R2 installed. If they do they are likely pretty expensive. Here's a reasonable Acer laptop for $1,050 (after cash back from Acer) that will meet your specs once you add another 4GB of RAM (comes with 1x 4GB but can be upgraded to 2x 4GB) and install your OS of choice. I've bought a couple of things from MWave before and had no problems with them (I have no affiliation with them). http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-31010931-Acer_AS5750G_2634G64Mn_Notebook_Intel_Gen2_Core_i7_2630QM_Processor_%282_0GHz_up_t There are faster processors but this is pretty good (the entry-level Sandy Bridge mobile CPU with 4 cores and hyper threading): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge Ben -- *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Tejas Goradia *Sent:* Thursday, 9 June 2011 5:14 PM *To:* ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Subject:* Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. System Requirements -- - *Supported Operating Systems:*Windows Server 2008 R2 Additionally you will need: - Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled. - Drive Formatting: NTFS - Processor: Intel VT or AMD-V capable - RAM: 8 GB or more recommended - Hard disk space required for install: 50 GB This machine is going to be dedicated for running Virtual Machines made available from Microsoft like the *2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine * http://goog_1420228367(RTM)http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=751fa0d1-356c-4002-9c60-d539896c66cedisplaylang=en I naturally don't want to spend a fortune so please suggest good value for money. Thanks, Tejas This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information it contains may be confidential or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of this email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer.
RE: [OT] ying phones outright
Steve, I bought Samsung Focus unlocked from mobiCity. My experience was good. Address: http://www.mobicity.com.au/ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Liedig Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 2:32 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] ying phones outright Hello, Does anyone know a good place (either in Australia or in the USA) where one can buy Windows Phone 7 phones outright. Not sure if I need sim free or unlocked or what? Any recommendations would be appreciated. Cheers, Steve
RE: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements.
I think this really depends on what you want to run. With an 8GB laptop and a couple of SSDs, you can run 4-5 VMs without too many issues – even I/O intensive ones like SCOM or Exchange. But this would mainly be for testing things on an ad hoc basis If you’re looking to have a permanent lab running, and actually build up data in databases, then you’ll probably need a desktop machine. Most mid-high end ones will go to 16GB RAM, and the workstation class ones will give you 24+ GB That all said, the more VMs you run, the more I/O throughput you need. So, get SSDs. Trying to run 10 VMs off 2 regular disks (for example) will just be painful. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tejas Goradia Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 6:21 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. Hi Ben, Thanks for the info. Would you suggest building a desktop instead? I'm happy to invest in a laptop but these days no amount of RAM is good enough. Tejas. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:29 PM, ben.robb...@jlta.com.aumailto:ben.robb...@jlta.com.au wrote: I'm not sure if any laptops exist that have the option of having Win Server 2008 R2 installed. If they do they are likely pretty expensive. Here's a reasonable Acer laptop for $1,050 (after cash back from Acer) that will meet your specs once you add another 4GB of RAM (comes with 1x 4GB but can be upgraded to 2x 4GB) and install your OS of choice. I've bought a couple of things from MWave before and had no problems with them (I have no affiliation with them). http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-31010931-Acer_AS5750G_2634G64Mn_Notebook_Intel_Gen2_Core_i7_2630QM_Processor_%282_0GHz_up_t There are faster processors but this is pretty good (the entry-level Sandy Bridge mobile CPU with 4 cores and hyper threading): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge Ben From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tejas Goradia Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 5:14 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. System Requirements * Supported Operating Systems:Windows Server 2008 R2 Additionally you will need: * Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled. * Drive Formatting: NTFS * Processor: Intel VT or AMD-V capable * RAM: 8 GB or more recommended * Hard disk space required for install: 50 GB This machine is going to be dedicated for running Virtual Machines made available from Microsoft like the 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine http://goog_1420228367 (RTM)http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=751fa0d1-356c-4002-9c60-d539896c66cedisplaylang=en I naturally don't want to spend a fortune so please suggest good value for money. Thanks, Tejas
Re: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements.
If you buy a laptop double check that it supports 64 bit virtualisation. I am miffed that a HP DV7 I bought does not and so I can only do 32 bit virtualisation even though the processor is 64 bit !. If you don't need portability, stick to a desktop assembly, go to MSY and roll out your own (they will build as well). Much better bang for the buck. Regards, Stuart On 9 June 2011 21:03, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: I think this really depends on what you want to run. With an 8GB laptop and a couple of SSDs, you can run 4-5 VMs without too many issues – even I/O intensive ones like SCOM or Exchange. But this would mainly be for testing things on an ad hoc basis If you’re looking to have a permanent lab running, and actually build up data in databases, then you’ll probably need a desktop machine. Most mid-high end ones will go to 16GB RAM, and the workstation class ones will give you 24+ GB That all said, the more VMs you run, the more I/O throughput you need. So, get SSDs. Trying to run 10 VMs off 2 regular disks (for example) will just be painful. Cheers Ken *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Tejas Goradia *Sent:* Thursday, 9 June 2011 6:21 PM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. Hi Ben, Thanks for the info. Would you suggest building a desktop instead? I'm happy to invest in a laptop but these days no amount of RAM is good enough. Tejas. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:29 PM, ben.robb...@jlta.com.au wrote: I'm not sure if any laptops exist that have the option of having Win Server 2008 R2 installed. If they do they are likely pretty expensive. Here's a reasonable Acer laptop for $1,050 (after cash back from Acer) that will meet your specs once you add another 4GB of RAM (comes with 1x 4GB but can be upgraded to 2x 4GB) and install your OS of choice. I've bought a couple of things from MWave before and had no problems with them (I have no affiliation with them). http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-31010931-Acer_AS5750G_2634G64Mn_Notebook_Intel_Gen2_Core_i7_2630QM_Processor_%282_0GHz_up_t There are faster processors but this is pretty good (the entry-level Sandy Bridge mobile CPU with 4 cores and hyper threading): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge Ben -- *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Tejas Goradia *Sent:* Thursday, 9 June 2011 5:14 PM *To:* ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com *Subject:* Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. System Requirements -- - *Supported Operating Systems:*Windows Server 2008 R2 Additionally you will need: - Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled. - Drive Formatting: NTFS - Processor: Intel VT or AMD-V capable - RAM: 8 GB or more recommended - Hard disk space required for install: 50 GB This machine is going to be dedicated for running Virtual Machines made available from Microsoft like the *2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine * http://goog_1420228367(RTM)http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=751fa0d1-356c-4002-9c60-d539896c66cedisplaylang=en I naturally don't want to spend a fortune so please suggest good value for money. Thanks, Tejas -- - Stuart Kinnear Mobile: 040 704 5686. Office: 03 9589 6502 SK Pro-Active! Pty Ltd acn. 81 072 778 262 PO Box 6117 Cromer, Vic 3193. Australia Business software developers. SQL Server, Visual Basic, C# , Asp.Net, Microsoft Office. -
RE: [OT] ying phones outright
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Re: [OT] ying phones outright
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RE: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements.
Sorry Tejas There's been so many threads about laptops recently I just assumed that this was another one! I'd definitely get a desktop unless you need the portability. If you are up for building a machine yourself (rather than buying one) then IMO you can't go past the Intel 2600k CPU (~$320) with an overclocking friendly motherboard (e.g. ASUS or Gigabyte) and just whack 16GB into it and be done with it. I've got mine running 24/7 at 4.2 GHz on the stock fan and heat sink and it is blazingly fast. However, as Ken pointed out you really want to ensure you have enough I/O throughput so get SSDs for it. If you build something yourself it shouldn't be too expensive at all. Regards, Ben From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tejas Goradia Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 6:21 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. Hi Ben, Thanks for the info. Would you suggest building a desktop instead? I'm happy to invest in a laptop but these days no amount of RAM is good enough. Tejas. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:29 PM, ben.robb...@jlta.com.aumailto:ben.robb...@jlta.com.au wrote: I'm not sure if any laptops exist that have the option of having Win Server 2008 R2 installed. If they do they are likely pretty expensive. Here's a reasonable Acer laptop for $1,050 (after cash back from Acer) that will meet your specs once you add another 4GB of RAM (comes with 1x 4GB but can be upgraded to 2x 4GB) and install your OS of choice. I've bought a couple of things from MWave before and had no problems with them (I have no affiliation with them). http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-31010931-Acer_AS5750G_2634G64Mn_Notebook_Intel_Gen2_Core_i7_2630QM_Processor_%282_0GHz_up_t There are faster processors but this is pretty good (the entry-level Sandy Bridge mobile CPU with 4 cores and hyper threading): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge Ben From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tejas Goradia Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 5:14 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.commailto:ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. System Requirements * Supported Operating Systems:Windows Server 2008 R2 Additionally you will need: * Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled. * Drive Formatting: NTFS * Processor: Intel VT or AMD-V capable * RAM: 8 GB or more recommended * Hard disk space required for install: 50 GB This machine is going to be dedicated for running Virtual Machines made available from Microsoft like the 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine http://goog_1420228367 (RTM)http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=751fa0d1-356c-4002-9c60-d539896c66cedisplaylang=en I naturally don't want to spend a fortune so please suggest good value for money. Thanks, Tejas This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information it contains may be confidential or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of this email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer. This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information it contains may be confidential or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of this email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer.
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RE: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements.
Hi Stuart, Have you checked with them about bios upgrades? We got a bunch of Dell machines a while back that had the same limitation but after a bios upgrade, all good. Regards, Greg From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Kinnear Sent: Friday, 10 June 2011 8:33 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. If you buy a laptop double check that it supports 64 bit virtualisation. I am miffed that a HP DV7 I bought does not and so I can only do 32 bit virtualisation even though the processor is 64 bit !. If you don't need portability, stick to a desktop assembly, go to MSY and roll out your own (they will build as well). Much better bang for the buck. Regards, Stuart On 9 June 2011 21:03, Ken Schaefer k...@adopenstatic.com wrote: I think this really depends on what you want to run. With an 8GB laptop and a couple of SSDs, you can run 4-5 VMs without too many issues - even I/O intensive ones like SCOM or Exchange. But this would mainly be for testing things on an ad hoc basis If you're looking to have a permanent lab running, and actually build up data in databases, then you'll probably need a desktop machine. Most mid-high end ones will go to 16GB RAM, and the workstation class ones will give you 24+ GB That all said, the more VMs you run, the more I/O throughput you need. So, get SSDs. Trying to run 10 VMs off 2 regular disks (for example) will just be painful. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tejas Goradia Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 6:21 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. Hi Ben, Thanks for the info. Would you suggest building a desktop instead? I'm happy to invest in a laptop but these days no amount of RAM is good enough. Tejas. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:29 PM, ben.robb...@jlta.com.au wrote: I'm not sure if any laptops exist that have the option of having Win Server 2008 R2 installed. If they do they are likely pretty expensive. Here's a reasonable Acer laptop for $1,050 (after cash back from Acer) that will meet your specs once you add another 4GB of RAM (comes with 1x 4GB but can be upgraded to 2x 4GB) and install your OS of choice. I've bought a couple of things from MWave before and had no problems with them (I have no affiliation with them). http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-31010931-Acer_AS5750G_2634G64Mn_Notebook_Intel_G en2_Core_i7_2630QM_Processor_%282_0GHz_up_t There are faster processors but this is pretty good (the entry-level Sandy Bridge mobile CPU with 4 cores and hyper threading): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge Ben _ From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tejas Goradia Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2011 5:14 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements. System Requirements _ * Supported Operating Systems:Windows Server 2008 R2 Additionally you will need: * Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled. * Drive Formatting: NTFS * Processor: Intel VT or AMD-V capable * RAM: 8 GB or more recommended * Hard disk space required for install: 50 GB This machine is going to be dedicated for running Virtual Machines made available from Microsoft like the http://goog_1420228367 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine (RTM) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=751fa0d1-356c-4 002-9c60-d539896c66cedisplaylang=en I naturally don't want to spend a fortune so please suggest good value for money. Thanks, Tejas -- - Stuart Kinnear Mobile: 040 704 5686. Office: 03 9589 6502 SK Pro-Active! Pty Ltd acn. 81 072 778 262 PO Box 6117 Cromer, Vic 3193. Australia Business software developers. SQL Server, Visual Basic, C# , Asp.Net, Microsoft Office. -
Re: Calling out to all you geeks to help me buy\build a machine (preferably laptop) that can support following System Requirements.
Have you checked with them about bios upgrades? We got a bunch of Dell machines a while back that had the same limitation but after a bios upgrade, all good. Yes, on my desktop HP it was turned off by default in the bios and I had to turn it on. Craig.
