I run about a 8-12 vm ESX server with a win2k3r2 dc and exchange 2007 on a win2k3r2 64 bit server. My dc has 512meg ram and my exchange server has ~1.5gb. This is all off a core 2 duo 1.8 GHz (slow) and I think 6gig ram. There are a few other vm's running windows, CentOS and FreeBSD on it... It runs reliably.
Anything recent will smoke through your task. BTW, if you're not planning on running it for that long, esx now demo's for 60 days. And with some shoe horning, it will install on darn near anything recent right now with the exception you need a supported nic and controller. My whitebox at home has a few Intel e1000's and an LSI 8708 SAS controller with 8 cheap SATA drives hanging off it. jlc From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:05 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Exchange 2007 and Virtual Server Good morning to all from the middle of no where: I was thinking recently (which can be a dangerous thing for me) about getting some experience with Exchange 2007 via virtual server. Yes, I know that I would only be able to run the 32 bit version of Exchange 2007 and this would only be a personal test lab, not a production environment. Does anyone have ideas about the hardware requirements for the virtual server that I would need to support the Exchange product, DC/GC Active Directory servers, etc. Is this even doable? I plan on being out of Afghanistan in 35 days or so for leave and should be able to pick up the necessary hardware while back in the States. TIA for your help and advice. John H. Matteson, Jr. Systems Administrator/ITT Systems FOB Orgun-E Afghanistan DSN - 318 431 8001 VoSIP - (308) 431 - 0000 Iridium - 717.633.3823 Roshain - 079 - 736 - 3832 "A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the Stars and Stripes." Woodrow Wilson ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
