The (un)Official VMWare ESXi thread.

Subliminal Aura said:
Anyone in here know of a socket 775 motherboard that supports vt-d ?

I'm thinking of converting an old box over
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I dont think VT-d would be support on the 775 platform, as I believe this was introduced in the 'Core' architecture processor series.

I will have a quick look to confirm that though.
 
[RXP]Andy;23424747 said:
I dont think VT-d would be support on the 775 platform, as I believe this was introduced in the 'Core' architecture processor series.

I will have a quick look to confirm that though.
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Yeah it was a grey area as I've been down this road before and found that there was support for vt-d on some boards but manufacturers decided to disable it. For the love of life I can't remember which boards (think intel) kept the feature

My processor (q9550) has vt-d support just would be nice to get it paired with a mobo

http://ark.intel.com/products/33924/Intel-Core2-Quad-Processor-Q9550-12M-Cache-2_83-GHz-1333-MHz-FSB
 
Currently got my VMs installed in Virtualbox on a Windows host, but I'd obviously rather give this a go. The problem is, my hardware is fairly old and I'm not convinced it will work due to it being an old gaming rig.

I can't remember the motherboard name off the top of my head, but it was something like a Gigabyte DS3R something or other. C2D dual core CPU and 8GB of non-ECC RAM etc.

May just try it and see.
 
Storage chipsets and nic chipsets tend to be the biggest issues.

At worst you could get an Intel CT (PCIe) or GT (PCI) nic for a few pounds to sort that side out.

RB
 
RimBlock said:
Storage chipsets and nic chipsets tend to be the biggest issues.

At worst you could get an Intel CT (PCIe) or GT (PCI) nic for a few pounds to sort that side out.

RB
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I assume I can just install this on a USB stick and then use a spare HDD as a tester?

Also, how do I go about converting my Virtualbox VMs to something ESXi can use, or can I not do that? I've got a web server etc installed that I don't fancy doing again!
 
Ol!ver said:
May be OK if I get another NIC.

http://t.co/663VH269
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Assuming this is a dedicated ESXi box, I would get a Intel GT nic and a PCI video card and then save the PCIe x16 slot for a storage controller just incase you wish to expand at some point.

I use a PNY nVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR2 PCI Video Card W/ DVI out P/N VCG84512SPPB (around 30 quid if you hunt around). There are also some PCIe x1 cards floating around that you may want to look at. The Intel GT you can pick up for around 10-20 quid second hand.

RB
 
I am going to build a powerful server with VMWare ESXi installed. The server will be located at work and it will be used as a web server (Apache/PHP/MySQL). There will be average of 100-150 concurrennts users on the web (Intranet LAN only).

Will VMWare ESXi handle this well and what CPU do I need? The performance must be pretty fast. Ofcourse I would use SSD drive and about 32GB RAM.
 
Ice_Black said:
I am going to build a powerful server with VMWare ESXi installed. The server will be located at work and it will be used as a web server (Apache/PHP/MySQL). There will be average of 100-150 concurrennts users on the web (Intranet LAN only).
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Even though its for internal use by the looks of the post. I would highly recommend not building a white box and buying a HP / Dell / IBM server for production use.
 
[RXP]Andy;24355600 said:
Even though its for internal use by the looks of the post. I would highly recommend not building a white box and buying a HP / Dell / IBM server for production use.
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Well I was considering going with Supermicro server, I might go with something like:

1U Supermicro 4 Hotswap SAS/Sata Bays
Supermicro ServerBoard, Dual GB LAN, IPMI
Intel Xeon E3-1290v2
32Gb DDR3 ECC
X2 - Intel 520 series 240Gb SSD (Setup as Raid 1)
X2 - 2Tb Seagate 7200rpm Sata

I need look at HP / Dell and their price.. at the official site?
 
[RXP]Andy;24355600 said:
Even though its for internal use by the looks of the post. I would highly recommend not building a white box and buying a HP / Dell / IBM server for production use.
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Just compiling a list of supported hardware for a scratch build would be a nightmare. Like the man says, buy a proper server, it's not as if they're even that pricey if you buy clever
 
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