to that end, there are some decent i5 and i7 based notebook computers that can be used for VM hosting, relatively quietly, relatively low heat, etc. For work I have an HP with 8GB RAM and a Core i7 cpu, and often run variations of VMware, Virtual PC, and Virtual Box for QA and customer demo purposes. works just fine. Would I want to use it as a 24x7 host for an enterprise, of course not.
That said, there should be some refurb and off lease for a decent price On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Steven Peck <sep...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow. I guess we will have to take our toys and go home now. > > I mean, I don't live in a mansion myself and the garage is not an option > for placing a "real man's man' server" due to temperation considerations in > the summer and my children being in the next room and all make the noise a > serious and very 'real' problem for enjoying the small house that I (and > the bank) own without a noise isolated room. > > It's a home lab, not replica work environment for crying out loud. Most > electircal circuts won't be 20-30 amps either which when one gets to 'real > mans server' is a consideration. If one can spin up a virtualization > platform and load up ones guest systems on it, we will gain benefit from > our 'little toys'. > > :D > > Steven Peck > http://www.blkmtn.org > > > > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:57 AM, John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote: > >> Electricity for a single low use server is pennies a day, the more >> drives you spin the higher the bill no matter what case you put it in and >> no it isn’t workstation quiet but I wouldn’t expect it to be. As he’d be >> doing remote management for the most part the server can go anywhere there >> is an ethernet connection. If you want to “play around” with virtualization >> build a workstation, if you want to learn and test in something close to a >> real world environment buy a used server. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> *John W. Cook***** >> >> *Network Operations Manager***** >> >> *Partnership For Strong Families* >> >> *5950 NW 1st Place* >> >> *Gainesville, Fl 32607* >> >> *Office (352) 244-1610***** >> >> *Cell (352) 215-6944***** >> >> *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP**4, VTSP4***** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:48 PM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: recommendations on home server**** >> >> ** ** >> >> It isn't quiet or low powered, though...**** >> >> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:42 PM, John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote:*** >> * >> >> OR you can just buy a used Dell Poweredge 2950 for $400-$600 with a raid >> controller, multiple drives and CPU’s and gobs of memory and be done with >> it. I can assure you it’s on the VMWare HCL and most likely Microsoft’s and >> Citrix’s as well.**** >> >> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-2950-2x-Intel-R-Xeon-R-CPU-5120-1-86-Dual-Core-6-x-300GB-/160776821444?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item256f0b9ac4 >> **** >> >> **** >> >> *John W. Cook***** >> >> *Network Operations Manager***** >> >> *Partnership For Strong Families***** >> >> *5950 NW 1st Place***** >> >> *Gainesville, Fl 32607***** >> >> *Office (352) 244-1610***** >> >> *Cell (352) 215-6944***** >> >> *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4***** >> >> **** >> >> *From:* Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:18 PM**** >> >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues**** >> >> *Subject:* RE: recommendations on home server**** >> >> **** >> >> Wow, 8 cores for a home/lab server? That's a little extravagant, isn't >> it? 4 cores is fine for a handful of VMs, and quad AMD Phenom's can be had >> for < $100 when on sale. Don't really need the graphics that's bundled >> into the FX CPUs, and AM3 motherboards are cheaper as well.**** >> >> **** >> >> Carl**** >> >> **** >> >> *From:* Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 03, 2012 9:13 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: recommendations on home server**** >> >> **** >> >> Strictly for home lab use: >> >> MB >> >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1963472&CatId=7248 >> $84 >> >> Memory >> >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1874822&CatId=4534 >> >> HD >> >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7331904&CatId=4357 >> $99 >> >> CPU >> >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1239958&CatId=7341 >> $189 >> >> Case >> >> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7328068&CatId=1509 >> $69 >> >> >> Using these components you could get the following: >> >> 32G RAM >> 3TB in RAID 5 array across 4 spindles >> >> Total cost $954. **** >> >> *Christopher Bodnar* >> Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology **** >> >> Tel 610-807-6459 >> 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 >> christopher_bod...@glic.com **** >> >> >> * >> The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America* >> * >> *www.guardianlife.com **** >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: "Jimmy Tran" <jt...@teachtci.com> >> To: "NT System Admin Issues" < >> ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> >> Date: 04/02/2012 06:26 PM >> Subject: recommendations on home server **** >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> >> >> I’m in need of a decent home server to run ESX-I to run SBS, W7 and some >> other test VM’s. 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