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I've decided to build a beefy mutliprocessor system to handle several workloads within ESXi. I have a beefy box to handle my Hyper-V environment so this will be strictly for vSphere 5.0.
The Guest VM's will be primarily used for vSphere testing but will also play an important role with my VMware ESXi test environment as well as it will provide Domain/DNS/View Manager-Connection-Security, and vCenter as well.
Since I just got my VCP410, I want to start learning 5.0 features and other products such as SRM, vCloud Director..etc.
This machine will be comprised of:
3u Supermicro Case w/3 x Redundant 750 watt Power Suppies
Asus Z8PE-D12 (iKVM)
2 x Intel Xeon 5504's - Got them for a good deal over @ 2cpu.com. Will move to better processors when the need arises.
2 x Intel Xeon Coolers STS100C
24GB DDR3 1333 ECC - Soon to be 48GB
USB Key Internally mounted
2 x Intel Dual PT/1000
OS: ESXi 5.0
Storage: NFS to OpenIndiana Napp-IT ZFS 1.5TB RAID 5 w/SSD Read Cache
7/15-The parts are starting to arrive...will start with a teaser as it's the only thing that's arrived as of yet..lol. My hope is to start the build next week. Progress posts and pics coming!
7/20-More coming in!!
7/21-Mainboard/Memory/CPU's are here! I'm going to start building this evening..more pics to come!
And so it beings:
That's it for this evening. Need to pick up the case..etc.
7/22-Case has arrived!
Start the install...case is pretty tight!
Ok..cut myself three times..lol...nothing serious though! She's about finished.
That's it for today. I've made some changes to the overall project. This is going to be my vSphere 5.0 base hardware. I'll be adding an additional 24GB of memory to make 48GB. The key is getting a valid 5.0 license to support that memory now..lol. My current PC has been reinstalled with 2008 Server R2 Enterprise SP1. This will house my Hyper-V lab. Currently working on turning it into a useable workstation, though I don't have to worry about gaming, that's what the Xbox is for.
Using this guide...it's really nice so far.
http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/
More to come! Stay tuned.
The Guest VM's will be primarily used for vSphere testing but will also play an important role with my VMware ESXi test environment as well as it will provide Domain/DNS/View Manager-Connection-Security, and vCenter as well.
Since I just got my VCP410, I want to start learning 5.0 features and other products such as SRM, vCloud Director..etc.
This machine will be comprised of:
3u Supermicro Case w/3 x Redundant 750 watt Power Suppies
Asus Z8PE-D12 (iKVM)
2 x Intel Xeon 5504's - Got them for a good deal over @ 2cpu.com. Will move to better processors when the need arises.
2 x Intel Xeon Coolers STS100C
24GB DDR3 1333 ECC - Soon to be 48GB
USB Key Internally mounted
2 x Intel Dual PT/1000
OS: ESXi 5.0
Storage: NFS to OpenIndiana Napp-IT ZFS 1.5TB RAID 5 w/SSD Read Cache
7/15-The parts are starting to arrive...will start with a teaser as it's the only thing that's arrived as of yet..lol. My hope is to start the build next week. Progress posts and pics coming!
7/20-More coming in!!
7/21-Mainboard/Memory/CPU's are here! I'm going to start building this evening..more pics to come!
And so it beings:
That's it for this evening. Need to pick up the case..etc.
7/22-Case has arrived!
Start the install...case is pretty tight!
Ok..cut myself three times..lol...nothing serious though! She's about finished.
That's it for today. I've made some changes to the overall project. This is going to be my vSphere 5.0 base hardware. I'll be adding an additional 24GB of memory to make 48GB. The key is getting a valid 5.0 license to support that memory now..lol. My current PC has been reinstalled with 2008 Server R2 Enterprise SP1. This will house my Hyper-V lab. Currently working on turning it into a useable workstation, though I don't have to worry about gaming, that's what the Xbox is for.
Using this guide...it's really nice so far.
http://www.win2008r2workstation.com/
More to come! Stay tuned.
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