The intel Atom doesn't support hardware virtualization (VT-x), on any of the versions of the chip. (See here: http://ark.intel.com/products/family/29035)
The HP Proliant Microserver (This guy: http://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16859107052) runs on a AMD Turion II Neo, which does have hardware virtualization (AMD-V), and (reportedly) runs Hyper-V Just fine. As far as my understanding goes, Intel's VT-x and AMD's AMD-V are the same technology with different names. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 06:56:37 -0700 Subject: RE: recommendations on home server > Not sure what Atom processors you have but ESXi (which is what the OP was > asking about) isn't supported AFAIK according to the VMWare HCL. To > reiterate he was looking for a system that could support ESXi , run SBS, W7 > machines and other machines, presumably all at the same time for under > $1000. My solution gets him that capability well within budget. Whether or > not he leaves it up and running 24/7 is his call and depending on his > location and time of year heating isn't necessarily a bad thing, not > everyone lives in the tropics. There is no computer on the planet that won't > use more electricity when pressed, it's physics. > > 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: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 10:57 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: recommendations on home server > > Respectfully disagree. > > I used to have servers like this, but they are loud and generate a lot of > heat. Living in Singapore with 30+ C temperatures (90F) means cooling is an > issue. > > VM for home environments generally don't use a lot of CPU in my experience > (I've been running a server at home since 2001). I've got a HP Proliant > Microserver which effectively has a dual-core Atom CPU running 2 x DCs, > Exchange 2010, Windows Home Server, Forefront TMG 2010, PKI/Print and WSUS > all on a single box. And the CPU is rarely above 10%. > I used to have a dual quad-core Xeon dell server, and the CPU on that was > rarely above 1% - it just generated a lot of heat and noise for no reason. > > Cheers > Ken > > From: John Cook > [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]<mailto:[mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org]> > Sent: Wednesday, 4 April 2012 1:09 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: recommendations on home server > > I have a 2950 at home (just as an example) and have never suffered any need > to modify the electrical circuit. There are ways of isolating the noise but > any fan is going to generate noise. Irritates women - I'll have to keep > that handy in case I need to get rid of one! > > 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: Steven Peck > [mailto:sep...@gmail.com]<mailto:[mailto:sep...@gmail.com]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:52 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: recommendations on home server > > Those things are loud. I have discovered my wife gets irrate with one of > those things on in the house. As I live in a part of California where > temperatures get to 115 degrees F the garage isn't an option. Also some of > those 'real' servers end up requiring a 20 or 30 amp circuit as well. > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:42 AM, John Cook > <john.c...@pfsf.org<mailto: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<tel:%28352%29%20244-1610> > Cell (352) 215-6944<tel:%28352%29%20215-6944> > MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > From: Carl Houseman > [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com<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]<mailto:[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<tel:610-807-6459> > 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 > christopher_bod...@glic.com<mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com> > > [cid:image001.jpg@01CD1248.20339890] > > The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > > www.guardianlife.com<http://www.guardianlife.com/> > > > > > > > > From: "Jimmy Tran" <jt...@teachtci.com<mailto:jt...@teachtci.com>> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" > <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto: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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