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If it seams like the system is lagging, then go ahead and apply some light voltage and frequency modifications, but chances are you won't need to over clock. I used to use an i3 running at 3ghz with the same amount of machines that I do now and I never had a problem. Esxi isn't too processor...

I currently run an asrock xtreme11 z68 board and a 3770 i7, and it supports vt-d and runs great with 24gb of ram. Fortunately this board has an lsi hba that has 8 ports. I assign 2cores to everything, and all servers get 4gb of ram. I can tell you the ivy bridge processors are supported, and...

DO NOT MIX CABLES BETWEEN CAT 3 AND CAT 5E/6. category 3 cables have a different twist rate then cat 5e/6. Coax also operates on different resistance ratings, with rg59 and rg6 running at 75 ohms of resistance. Others have different resistances and capacitance. Leave the phone lines alone and...

That looks like the problem. For WiFi try to use something that has either wireless-n or 5ghz bandwidth

Like what?

You could have a raid0 array, then when you get the fourth HDD, turn it into a raid 10. Just use the 3rd drive as is for now.

And not to mention, you can have a specific raid array for the DNS, DC, and VPN, and use a larger array for things such as file storage, print server, and other VMS that you have for testing and dev. I personally use 4 60gb HDD in raid 10 for DNS, DC, and VPN, and then 4 1tb HDD for everything else.

You can also simply add the license key through the view client and apply it for the new features

Vmware doesn't really use too much resources, but its not needed and would add possibly unneeded complexity. But at the same time if he really wants it then we can keep him from it, its just not needed.

The support is based on the router that you plan on using. What build was it, because the latest build is 10020, or version 24. I use the wndr4500 and its finally a work in progress

For cases like this I wonder if there is a way to clone USB drives so you can drop one in to replace a dead stick

At least he admits its for testing and not self-use. Lol

Kind of. If the hypervisor fails though, you can reinstall the hypervisor and add the disks and vm's back into inventory though. Though you could always put the drives into a workstation to collect the data, but it only helps for files, not the OS.

Have you tried right clicking, and then reconnect?

I would personally recommend raid 1 or 10, but that's just me. Only because if one of the three disks fail, all your work goes with it.

True, but at the same time running it on a bare metal hypervisor that's headless has the added benefit of giving yourself a way to always have access if you mess something up yet keeping it secure from others

This issue is why I now use thick eager zero and add a second HDD to the VM if storage is needed

You can put dd-wrt on the e4200 and that will give you many features such as vlan, and its free

Similar to above, you are making it more complex then needed. Use the router, a managed switch, and an access point with dual band, and use vlans to segment the traffic on the network. I don't think there is a need that I know of in putting the esxi host in the DMZ though.

Exactly, or at least all that you will need for a while

Why are people talking about the cost every time someone states that hyper-v is hard to deal with when setting it up. Its not like hyper-v comes with fairies that set it up for you, so its not always about cost. And something that has a prerequisite that costs more then another product is not...

The hyper-v role has to be installed after you install windows server though, and the reason its considered a type 1 hypervisor is because Microsoft set the boot process to load some hyper-v functionality before the management software loads. Esxi installs and then you start creating virtual...

Are you planning on using a firewall on your esxi host since its in the dmz?

Hyper-v is a hosted hypervisor since it requires an OS to be installed under it before it gets installed itself, whereas vsphere is a native hypervisor that runs straight on the hardware and sits in the ram once the machine is booted. You are referring to workstation, not vsphere, which is how...

Not to mention that hdd degrade over time as they run. And with around 40 drives, that's a lot of replacement. Streaming media will need higher transfer speeds, so its a good idea to stick with 6GB/s, and remember cache speed can make a difference.

You can in vsphere, and a native hypervisor is much better then a hosted hypervisor since it is a lot more simple to setup and use. I'm guessing one of the only reasons that a lot more hardware can work is because hyper-v operates on an OS and you can just install drivers for hardware

For a web server I would think SAS drives would be better and using a raid 10 array so that access times don't drop off. For redundancy, or high availability, I would say have 2 separate nodes, or clusters, one as main and one as fail over. And if I believe correctly, external raid boxes are the...

Its always recommend though that if you have a 2, 3, or 4 channel system, that you install matching memory in that type of kit, like a dual or quad channel memory kit

If you aren't sure about parts, you can always refer to the VMware HCl too, helped me when I was looking at getting the asrock extreme 11 z77 board. With hba's, also check the controller they are based off of.

Its best to know the basics of your use plans to be able to better advise since there is no one-for-all setup template

And my esxi install is on an Internal USB drive

I use a raid 1 array for control vm's and put file and db servers on raid 10 arrays. Seams to work, but if its not needed, no need to have a setup more complex then it needs to be.

It says "up to 2 ADDITIONAL lisences", not limit 2 licenses per physical machine. Each license allows you to have 2 additional vms running

Its best to use raid 1 or 10 instead of 5 or 6 for performance and reliability too. In my server I have 2 raid 10 arrays and one raid 1 array. When I had a disk fail I could still access and transfer everything and still had the option of plugging it into a workstation to get everything off...

If you have four or more disks its easy. Set up separate luns, one for CCTV and the rest for everything else. I used to use an i3 with 24gb of ram and 4 1tb HDD in raid 10 for a file server, db, router/firewall, backtrack Linux, 2 win7, addc, and DNS. All those were separate vms and I never had...

Just like you used motion to do hardware reconfigs, you can do that for the hosts too. And you don't have to upgrade VM hardware, it will still work and will still be backwards compatible.

I agree with installing esxi to USB or SD card, but I use raid 10 and never have worried when a drive failed, because I can just replace the drive without worrying about losing everything. I used to use raid 5 but io was to slow when writing

It sounds like when a lot of people are getting home and going online. Unless you lease a dedicated line, you are sharing the connection with people that are on the same module in the feed box. I have gone through the same thing with cable, and they mention that the ads say "up to" so they can...

I use alteon and e1000, and I haven't seen one issue, except that my drives tend to kill the transfer speed.

He had already fixed the title, please quit being rude. And I am in the process of setting up pfsense or Indian, just can't make up my mind yet.