Build’s Name: Startled's "Just how much can you do with one box?" challenge
Operating System:Windows Server 2008R2 with Hyper-V SP1 & SSR2 iSCSI target
CPU:Intel i5-650 + Tower cooler
Motherboard:Gigabyte Q57M (KVM/Management over IP)
Chassis:Silverstone SG02
Drives:2x320GB WD 2.5" Scorpio Blue (Mirror - OS + DPM VHD), 1x128GB WD Silicon Edge SSD (VM's), 1x1TB 2.5" Samsung Spinpoint (Tier 3 storage for Music etc
RAM:16GB@1.4v
Add-in Cards:1x Radeon 5450 (For RemoteFX), 1x Intel PT Dual Port Gb PCIe NIC
Power SupplyicoPSU 150 XT plus 120W power brick
Other Bits:Secondary back up to a QNAP TS-110 - slowly, as the QNAP has problems with jumbo frames...
Usage Profile:
Built this as a test lab for Hyper-V, basically to test Microsoft products such as Forefront TMG and Exchange 2010. I work as a Technical Consultant in a bank so even a building test lab there has severe restrictions, making self training quite difficult.
I wanted it to be quiet, host around 7-8 VM's and to have a low enough power draw to be run 24/7 without affecting my consience. Its full home/prod so its used for mail, firewall and storage etc.
VM's - Forefront TMG, DPM2010 + APPv + SQL 2k8, Exchange 2010, 2k8R2 DC + WDS, Remote Desktop Session Host, Win7 64bit VDI, System Center Essentials 2008.
Also serves as a HTPC. Will consider using a Devon IT RDP 7.1 thin client inconjunction with VDI to replace my workstation, once they are released.
Other information…
About 45w idle, up to 55W when running a DPM backup. Will consider removing the PT card as its unecessary (a 100mbit card for the external network would be suffcient), saving around 5W.
Tip - For me an SSD's takes the pain out of the host storage iops problem. To get multiple Windows VM's on a single SSD, compress the winsxs folder to save GB's of disk space.
Operating System:Windows Server 2008R2 with Hyper-V SP1 & SSR2 iSCSI target
CPU:Intel i5-650 + Tower cooler
Motherboard:Gigabyte Q57M (KVM/Management over IP)
Chassis:Silverstone SG02
Drives:2x320GB WD 2.5" Scorpio Blue (Mirror - OS + DPM VHD), 1x128GB WD Silicon Edge SSD (VM's), 1x1TB 2.5" Samsung Spinpoint (Tier 3 storage for Music etc
RAM:16GB@1.4v
Add-in Cards:1x Radeon 5450 (For RemoteFX), 1x Intel PT Dual Port Gb PCIe NIC
Power Supply
icoPSU 150 XT plus 120W power brickOther Bits:Secondary back up to a QNAP TS-110 - slowly, as the QNAP has problems with jumbo frames...
Usage Profile:
Built this as a test lab for Hyper-V, basically to test Microsoft products such as Forefront TMG and Exchange 2010. I work as a Technical Consultant in a bank so even a building test lab there has severe restrictions, making self training quite difficult.
I wanted it to be quiet, host around 7-8 VM's and to have a low enough power draw to be run 24/7 without affecting my consience. Its full home/prod so its used for mail, firewall and storage etc.
VM's - Forefront TMG, DPM2010 + APPv + SQL 2k8, Exchange 2010, 2k8R2 DC + WDS, Remote Desktop Session Host, Win7 64bit VDI, System Center Essentials 2008.
Also serves as a HTPC. Will consider using a Devon IT RDP 7.1 thin client inconjunction with VDI to replace my workstation, once they are released.
Other information…
About 45w idle, up to 55W when running a DPM backup. Will consider removing the PT card as its unecessary (a 100mbit card for the external network would be suffcient), saving around 5W.
Tip - For me an SSD's takes the pain out of the host storage iops problem. To get multiple Windows VM's on a single SSD, compress the winsxs folder to save GB's of disk space.
