Hello,
I've just purchased a few cheap IBM M1015 HBAs, and have learned that motherboard compatibility can be an issue.
I plan on using the system(s) for home lab test/dev work, and file serving.
I will probably load ESXi up on the boxes and would plan to have 4-6 VMs running fairly low loads.
I'd ideally like to virtualize the SAN as well, probably Nexenta Community Edition.
Any tips on Motherboard & Processors for this? I'm happy with either AMD or Intel. Best price to performance ratio always makes me smile.
Thanks in advance,
-- SS
I've just purchased a few cheap IBM M1015 HBAs, and have learned that motherboard compatibility can be an issue.
I plan on using the system(s) for home lab test/dev work, and file serving.
I will probably load ESXi up on the boxes and would plan to have 4-6 VMs running fairly low loads.
I'd ideally like to virtualize the SAN as well, probably Nexenta Community Edition.
Any tips on Motherboard & Processors for this? I'm happy with either AMD or Intel. Best price to performance ratio always makes me smile.
Thanks in advance,
-- SS