thecoffeeguy
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Hello friends.
As the title states, looking for some suggestions and feedback to upgrade and improve my home lab.
I currently have a shuttle box running a Intel quad core with 32gb memory. Internally, it has (2) 10,000 SCSI drives.
My lab is going to be mostly Linux (some solaris), and sprinkling of Windows machines here and there. It will primarily be for work as i am constantly testing new stuff as well as playing around with new technologies.
That said, I want to add one more ESXi server to my mix and maybe some storage (maybe FreeNAS or something). In addition, i also need a 24 port switch as well as I plan to have a lot of NICs in my setup.
For the new ESXi box, I was looking at this server from SuperMicro server:
SUPERMICRO SYS-5018A-FTN4 1U Rackmount Server Barebone FCBGA 1283 DDR3 1600/1333 - Newegg.com
Most of what I am testing is more memory and IO intensive. Not so much CPU.
Thoughts on this server? I am on a bit of a budget.
Alternatives? Was lookign to start with 32gigs and when the 16gb modules drop in price, up it to 64.
Also, looking for a good 24 port switch. With the server above (4 NIC's), my existing ESXi server, 3 NIC's, and looking to add a storage machine, I want to make sure I have plenty of space to add VLAN's, test networking etc.
Lastly, wall mount server. Would like something around a 6U size. Nothing to fancy. Clean wiring etc.
I am open to suggestions as well. Going to place this soon as i desperately need to get this up and running.
Thanks everyone!
TCG
As the title states, looking for some suggestions and feedback to upgrade and improve my home lab.
I currently have a shuttle box running a Intel quad core with 32gb memory. Internally, it has (2) 10,000 SCSI drives.
My lab is going to be mostly Linux (some solaris), and sprinkling of Windows machines here and there. It will primarily be for work as i am constantly testing new stuff as well as playing around with new technologies.
That said, I want to add one more ESXi server to my mix and maybe some storage (maybe FreeNAS or something). In addition, i also need a 24 port switch as well as I plan to have a lot of NICs in my setup.
For the new ESXi box, I was looking at this server from SuperMicro server:
SUPERMICRO SYS-5018A-FTN4 1U Rackmount Server Barebone FCBGA 1283 DDR3 1600/1333 - Newegg.com
Most of what I am testing is more memory and IO intensive. Not so much CPU.
Thoughts on this server? I am on a bit of a budget.
Alternatives? Was lookign to start with 32gigs and when the 16gb modules drop in price, up it to 64.
Also, looking for a good 24 port switch. With the server above (4 NIC's), my existing ESXi server, 3 NIC's, and looking to add a storage machine, I want to make sure I have plenty of space to add VLAN's, test networking etc.
Lastly, wall mount server. Would like something around a 6U size. Nothing to fancy. Clean wiring etc.
I am open to suggestions as well. Going to place this soon as i desperately need to get this up and running.
Thanks everyone!
TCG