Hardware for Home Lab

Soldato
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What are you guys running for home test labs?

I want to look at various things I don't have admin access to at work (Exchange, SCCM, Higher Level AD stuff) as well as Vsphere, Hyper-V and newer versions of Windows Server and anything else I don't get hands on with.

I am thinking 2 physical servers with a separate storage solution, to be able to test out various VM scenarios and Vsphere features.

Therefore I think the options are something like 3 MicroServers, running 2 with a hypervisor and 1 as shared storage, FreeNas, ReadyNas or the Synology emulatory thing. However you can pick up 1U servers with 2 x Quad Low Power Xeon's and 8-16gb for about £120 shipped. So maybe 2 of those + a Microserver.

Will the Microservers cut the mustard do you think? I would guess they will have better resale value than Dell or HP 1U servers but the Xeons will be a lot faster.

What do you think?
 
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