Canadian in Berlin
Gawd
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Hi All,
I've got a few questions. I'm planning to setup a home CCIE voice lab along with a few other servers for personal use. (5 total, CCM, Unity, LAMP, Dynamips host, Win2k)
I could do this in a traditional VM setup, but I was wondering if using ESXi would be more efficient/effective? Would it run faster/better?
The LAMP server will be my linux learning machine, as well as hosting a personal website. Win2K will be running IP Phones and allowing me to put the printer outside the bedroom (not linux compatible). The rest is going to be a playpen for me.
Before any license blahblah comes up, my boss invests in training materials (especially for CCIE), so they will be legally provided He also might chip in if I share with colleagues.
I'm wondering if there are any reccomended hardware lists (quadcore, 8GB RAM (perhaps more), 500-1TB storage) out there, or at least hardware its best to avoid?
Are there any specific motherboards with especially good track records?
Furthermore, what kind of quirks can I expect while running an ESXi server? are there any things that won't work, that would in a traditional vmware workstation setup?
BTW... the LAMP and WIN2K hosts should be running 24/7.
Guess thats a start for now, has anyone else done such a thing? or can reccomend a good get-started guide? (for ESXi or a ESX CCIE VOice lab?)
I've got a few questions. I'm planning to setup a home CCIE voice lab along with a few other servers for personal use. (5 total, CCM, Unity, LAMP, Dynamips host, Win2k)
I could do this in a traditional VM setup, but I was wondering if using ESXi would be more efficient/effective? Would it run faster/better?
The LAMP server will be my linux learning machine, as well as hosting a personal website. Win2K will be running IP Phones and allowing me to put the printer outside the bedroom (not linux compatible). The rest is going to be a playpen for me.
Before any license blahblah comes up, my boss invests in training materials (especially for CCIE), so they will be legally provided He also might chip in if I share with colleagues.
I'm wondering if there are any reccomended hardware lists (quadcore, 8GB RAM (perhaps more), 500-1TB storage) out there, or at least hardware its best to avoid?
Are there any specific motherboards with especially good track records?
Furthermore, what kind of quirks can I expect while running an ESXi server? are there any things that won't work, that would in a traditional vmware workstation setup?
BTW... the LAMP and WIN2K hosts should be running 24/7.
Guess thats a start for now, has anyone else done such a thing? or can reccomend a good get-started guide? (for ESXi or a ESX CCIE VOice lab?)