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While unsupported by VMware directly those boxes should work as other people have done it with that Hardware. See here
You need to read the notes for each one, there may be things that dont work, or you may need to do a little editing of files. Luckily my old EVGA board worked with both the SATA controller, and Ethernet.
My suggestion would to make sure the VMs are using shared ISCSI storage (VMFS), connect it to all of those machines and use the 2 boxes that are on the HCL as the primary servers. If something gos bad, just fire the machines that were on the box that is having issues up on one of the others. This takes seconds if the storage is shared. I would also use them for Piloting / testing/ and temporary locations while hardware / VMware OS upgrades are happening.
Also just a hint with VMFS. Format with larger block size. Default will only allow 200MB virtual disks. I would do this with both the shared storage and any local, just in case. So for the local you would need to delete your VMFS file system and recreate (easy process. and for the shared ISCSI you just choose a larger block size when you initially format on the first machine that connects to the ISCSI disk.
[H]exx;1033882667 said:Is there any software out there that would allow me to install Windows or Linux OS on the non-supported servers and run ESXi on top of that?
I don't think the 1750's will work as their CPU doesn't support virtualization which is imho essential to make it all work. I can definitely say that ESXi wouldn't install on the 1750 I tried it on.
No idea, it was a stock 1750, and it purple-screened on install. Those were old boxes on the way out so I didn't fiddle with them much longer. I tried it on two machines just to make sure that it wasn't busted hardware and the result was the same on both. I gave them away so I can't test it anymore, will see whether I can get a hold of the guy I gave them to.VT is not required for ESXi. It improves performance, but it's not required. There would have been a different reason - what error did it give you?
No idea, it was a stock 1750, and it purple-screened on install. Those were old boxes on the way out so I didn't fiddle with them much longer. I tried it on two machines just to make sure that it wasn't busted hardware and the result was the same on both. I gave them away so I can't test it anymore, will see whether I can get a hold of the guy I gave them to.
The issue with the 2850 is that the CPU's are most likely HT, not multi core. This can cause some performance issues.
I'd use the 1750s for services that ESX/ESXi relies on like NTP and DNS.
256gb default actually. 1mb block = 256gb.
Most of those are on the community supported list, IIRC. They'll probably work.