Hi all,
Trying to wrap my head around options for a home ESXi lab, which will be running mostly Windows VMs (6 - 10 VMs total, for stuff like SharePoint, Exhange, AD, other apps.).
My hardware knowledge is pretty out-of-date, so I need a hand!
My priorities are:
I see a lot on eBay, and a lot of interesting posts here, but not sure what's appropriate. Hoping for some advice here, so I'd appreciate it if nobody sniped these auctions, if they're good deals! =)
Right now, I'm looking at -
HP Proliant DL360 DL360e G8 Gen8 2x 2.5GHz E5-2430 v2 6 Core Server RAID/Rails
HP Proliant DL360 DL360e G8 Gen8 2x 2.5GHz E5-2430 v2 6 Core Server RAID/Rails
Intel S2600C0 Server 2x E5-2630 V2 2.6GHz 64GB DDR3 SSD
Intel S2600C0 Server 2x E5-2630 V2 2.6GHz 64GB DDR3 SSD *** MORE ***
Are these decent choices? Overkill? Too expensive?
Trying to wrap my head around options for a home ESXi lab, which will be running mostly Windows VMs (6 - 10 VMs total, for stuff like SharePoint, Exhange, AD, other apps.).
My hardware knowledge is pretty out-of-date, so I need a hand!
My priorities are:
- running multiple, memory/proc hungry VMs concurrently with good performance
- relatively low power consumption (will be on during the workday)
- not too noisy
- stable
- don't want / have time or energy to tinker with it
I see a lot on eBay, and a lot of interesting posts here, but not sure what's appropriate. Hoping for some advice here, so I'd appreciate it if nobody sniped these auctions, if they're good deals! =)
Right now, I'm looking at -
HP Proliant DL360 DL360e G8 Gen8 2x 2.5GHz E5-2430 v2 6 Core Server RAID/Rails
HP Proliant DL360 DL360e G8 Gen8 2x 2.5GHz E5-2430 v2 6 Core Server RAID/Rails
Intel S2600C0 Server 2x E5-2630 V2 2.6GHz 64GB DDR3 SSD
Intel S2600C0 Server 2x E5-2630 V2 2.6GHz 64GB DDR3 SSD *** MORE ***
Are these decent choices? Overkill? Too expensive?