RAM vs. SSDs >From my perspective, I'm happy to spend the extra for some SSDs. For things >like suspending/resuming/shutdown/rebooting VMs for patching, installing, >testing - great time saver.
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 3 April 2012 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: recommendations on home server I have 6 running on a HyperV host with only a mirrored array (RAID1, not 10), and the performance is fine. Yes, one of them is Exchange 2010. And only have 16GB on this host. The biggest key is RAM. If you have too little, then molasses will seem positively supersonic by comparison. I'd never turn down extra spindles for free, but if there is a budget constraint, then I'd favor RAM. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Joseph L. Casale <jcas...@activenetwerx.com<mailto:jcas...@activenetwerx.com>> wrote: Trying to run more than 3-4 r2 hosts with something like Exchange on all of them over 1 spindle is like auto racing Yugos. Sure, you can do it, but it doesn't impress anyone and it's not very fun to watch. ________________________________ From: Richard Stovall [rich...@gmail.com<mailto:rich...@gmail.com>] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 5:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: recommendations on home server Funny. For what I presume his purposes are (home lab, learning, testing, etc.), I would recommend a bunch of RAM and to not worry too much about disk I/O, RAID or CPU power. A regular PC with 12GB or 16GB RAM, an i5 or i7 CPU, and a decent SATA hard drive ought to do nicely for mucking about with the new toys from Microsoft. Also, why limit yourself to ESXi. Hyper-V server is free and works great on a large variety of hardware. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
