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Finally got everything installed and wrapped up. Another 16GB of ram came yesterday, so this setup is done. Focus:  VMware.Setup: Beefy AIO host, shared storage out by NFS/iSCSI, back to host, and x3 vESXi hosts for vGoodies. Hardware:
 I had some parts, so total: $750ish Gonna start installing some goodies tomorrow!
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Docjowles posted:"VM's inside VM's", VMware Player owns. All it requires is Windows or Linux as your host OS (no Mac support), and a 64-bit CPU released within the last few years. It's very bare-bones feature wise but it does the job. Workstation 9 also does this as well. Free 30 Day Trial / Academic Discounts give you alot of cool stuff for the vNested installs. For home lab testing and breaking or just some basic VM's for other non-host applications; I feel it is the best bet. It has come along way since v6.0. This product killed Windows Virtual PC for me years ago.
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Thinking about this HP ProCurve 1810G-8 v2 for $135 shipped. Worth the upgrade from my NetGear GS108T?
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evol262 posted:Yes. But 1810-24Gs are $50 more. A PowerConnect 5324 and (replacement) quiet 40mm fans is less and more capable in every possible way. So I wanna grab something like this guy: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-POWERCONNECT-5324-24-PORT-GIGABIT-NETWORK-SWITCH-/151101407666?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item232e5881b2 ? edit: https://www.andovercg.com/store/Del...itch-p6638.html better deal, so seems.
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:What are you going to use for the VM to present the storage? FreeNAS? ESXi is installed to a USB drive in the motherboard's header. (SuperMicro has built in slots on most of their boards.) Datastore01 is the SSD, which has a FreeNAS VM + the HBA passed through for Raid10 Storage out iSCSI/NFS back to the host as datastore03. Datastore02 is the 5th 2TB drive for backups and ISOs.
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Aug 30, 2013 17:42
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Moey posted:Due to some most likely price mistake yesterday, I ordered two more SSDs for my home esxi box. I'll now have 750gigs of non redundant fast storage to spin up labs with. Do tell. I got my 840pro from my macbook now unused. I think I'm gonna throw in my ESXi box instead of selling it. Fast storage all day.  Only reason I went with a bigger SSD for my main computer is the fact I need to bootcamp into Windows. Trying to run the vsphere client in a VM inside Fusion is driving me nuts. VM inside VM to manage a host to manage x8 other VM's is just silly at this resolution. kill your idols fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Sep 1, 2013 |
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Sep 1, 2013 19:05
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Gotta off-load most of my HOMELAB gear, http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3575546 Good stuff for your ESXi testing machines, goons.
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SpaceBum posted:ECC RAM I think if your board supports it, than yes. If not, I don't feel it breaks a good deal on something else. Either way, you have backups, and a more full-proof plan for stuff that is not replaceable data, media, anime. That question is a worms nest for debate
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