In an effort to purge a huge pile of old "desktop" parts from my stash (circa 2009-2011) I have now cherry picked the best couple of motherboards, CPU etc etc to build a secondary server
The intent of this second box is as a backup zone to our primary home server AND I also wanted to create a couple of VMs.
The plan is to install Windows Server 2012R2 Standard with the Hyper-V role enabled
But as I read more about the CPU I intend to use (Q9550) on the motherboard I intend to save (GigaByte EP45-UD3R) with the RAM I have available (8GB DDR2) - I am getting a sense that certain virtualization extensions for Hyper-V 2012 may not be fully supported given the age of these parts. Things like SLAT etc come to mind.
I am trying to get current on the feasibility on using these old parts in this capacity. While I realize this stuff is ancient in terms of currency - it remains very capable and functional and represents a zero cost alternative plus an option to do some learning at the same time.
Appreciate any thoughts on the above.
Cheers!
VP
The intent of this second box is as a backup zone to our primary home server AND I also wanted to create a couple of VMs.
The plan is to install Windows Server 2012R2 Standard with the Hyper-V role enabled
But as I read more about the CPU I intend to use (Q9550) on the motherboard I intend to save (GigaByte EP45-UD3R) with the RAM I have available (8GB DDR2) - I am getting a sense that certain virtualization extensions for Hyper-V 2012 may not be fully supported given the age of these parts. Things like SLAT etc come to mind.
I am trying to get current on the feasibility on using these old parts in this capacity. While I realize this stuff is ancient in terms of currency - it remains very capable and functional and represents a zero cost alternative plus an option to do some learning at the same time.
Appreciate any thoughts on the above.
Cheers!
VP