Vmware ESX build

[nukleuz]

I'm trying to build an esx rack server and need help with the hardware to get,i have a budget of $1200 to spend on it and i already have 2tB hdd .I was thinking about just buying a dell but the are expensive
This is also going to be for a home lab for now

could you guys help me pls

thanks

this is what i configured on dell for it:

467-4248Core 2 Duo E6305, 1.86GHz, 2MBCache, 1066MHz Front Side Bus for PowerEdge R3001311-8351512MB DDR2, 667MHz, 1x512MB Single Ranked DIMMs1320-6326Riser with 2 Slots: 2 PCI Exprx8 slots1341-688080GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive1420-6320No Operating System1430-2008On-Board Dual Gigabit Network Adapter1313-61168X DVD-ROM Drive, Internal SATA1313-6114Bezel1330-0309Chassis with Cabled Hard Driveand Non-Redundant Power Supplyfor PowerEdge R3001330-0312Electronic Documentation and OpenManage DVD Kit1341-688080GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive1341-6341Add-in SAS6iR RAID Controller (SATA/SAS Controller) which supports 2 Hard Drives - RAID 11341-3089No Rack Rails Included, 1U1310-8509Power Cord, NEMA 5-15P to C14,15 amp, wall plug, 10 feet / 3 meter

 

[lopoetve]

buy a 2900 from the dell outlet. Problem solved

 

[cyr0n_k0r]

Pff, buy a 1950 on ebay.
My budget was a little higher than yours (1800), but for $1699 I actually just bought another ESX host with the following specs.

Dual Quad Core's @ 1.86 Ghz
16GB of RAM
Dual Power supplies
PERC 5/I
with 2 73GB 15k rpm SAS drives

(I should mentioned it's still under Dell warranty until 06/2010)

 

[MrFace]

I'm trying to build an esx rack server and need help with the hardware to get,i have a budget of $1200 to spend on it and i already have 2tB hdd .I was thinking about just buying a dell but the are expensive
This is also going to be for a home lab for now

could you guys help me pls

thanks

this is what i configured on dell for it:

467-4248Core 2 Duo E6305, 1.86GHz, 2MBCache, 1066MHz Front Side Bus for PowerEdge R3001311-8351512MB DDR2, 667MHz, 1x512MB Single Ranked DIMMs1320-6326Riser with 2 Slots: 2 PCI Exprx8 slots1341-688080GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive1420-6320No Operating System1430-2008On-Board Dual Gigabit Network Adapter1313-61168X DVD-ROM Drive, Internal SATA1313-6114Bezel1330-0309Chassis with Cabled Hard Driveand Non-Redundant Power Supplyfor PowerEdge R3001330-0312Electronic Documentation and OpenManage DVD Kit1341-688080GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps3.5-in Cabled Hard Drive1341-6341Add-in SAS6iR RAID Controller (SATA/SAS Controller) which supports 2 Hard Drives - RAID 11341-3089No Rack Rails Included, 1U1310-8509Power Cord, NEMA 5-15P to C14,15 amp, wall plug, 10 feet / 3 meter

One dual core processor and only 512MB ram? I wouldn't even bother.

If this is for home, check with the Vmware compatibility guide and consider building yourself a whitebox. 512mb of RAM isn't going to cut it. You'll want aroudn 2GB at the BARE minimum. Although, you didn't really explain your goals with this server

 

[nukleuz]

One dual core processor and only 512MB ram? I wouldn't even bother.

If this is for home, check with the Vmware compatibility guide and consider building yourself a whitebox. 512mb of RAM isn't going to cut it. You'll want aroudn 2GB at the BARE minimum. Although, you didn't really explain your goals with this server

i already have 4gb ram and i'll be using it to run pbxinaflash,windows home server .redhat and server 2008 for now

 

[Adidas4275]

i run WHS in vmware server and player and it works great with bridged network, i had some issues getting the mac address to work with a static lan ip... butother than that it was easy