virtualization

Making a small test notes thread: Test Configuration Notes Testbed: Supermicro X10SDV-F w/ X520-da2 NIC Location: The Intel Optane Memory 16GB m.2 card is in the m.2 slot. Experiments Set Intel Optane Memory as boot device in BIOS - did not work. Install Proxmox VE 5.0 Beta on drive -...

With AMD's Zen around the corner, I am getting ideas about what I might do with a crazy number of CPU cores. I am looking to build a computer for use as a multi-seat workstation. I would like to have my host be some very stripped down OS (as close to "bare metal" as possible), and exclusively do...

VMware Announces General Availability of vSphere 6.5 - VMware vSphere Blog

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 My hardware knowledge is pretty out-of-date, so I need a hand!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: running multiple...

Hi, After swapping out my data storage disks, I'm swapping out my VM storage for something quicker. Currently debating between: 480GB Dell S3500 for ~ $200 (Intel lists warranty till 2019) Samsung PM853T 960GB ~$330 ( can't find the warranty check tool lol) Intel DC P3605 1.6TB $850,- (no...

Hello, I am planning to create a home lab on my PC. My plan is to install a bara-metal Virtualization OS(e.g. ESXI or XenServer) on my PC and try to control them from my laptop via Wi-Fi. The Problem that I do not want to use any physical switches, I want to create a hotspot from the PC to...

Dear Friends, Microsoft announced, Windows 2012 R2 product key has ability to use in one physical machine and two virtual machines. My doubt is, Is that virtual machine will be in the particular physical machine or it can be in any other machines? please share your knowledge guys. Thanks...

Hi community I need a Server for hosting several virtual machines. I want to run 3-5 Linux systems (mostly Debian) VMs for webserver, database, GitLab, ldap and also a fileserver. I can choose between these two servers: 1. IBM x3650 M3 Rackserver 1x Intel Xeon E5645 Hexa Core 2.40GHz 64GB...

I would like to finally build a home lab this year, and I have some thoughts and doubts, probably somebody can give me advice. I want to build a lab for tinkering, I don't have a right project in mind, but things such as KVM, Vmware, Xen,Proxmox,Openstack fit quite well. Being said that, here...