VMware ESXi (Free) Server Specification

[Curiosityx]

Greetings im looking at putting together a vitual server specification for between 4-6 VM's running on ESXi Free.

Initial List of VM's

Win2003 Srv - Solarwinds NMS
Wind2003 Srv - Solarwinds NMS
Wind2003 Srv Web - IIS Web + FTP
Win2003 Srv -Stonevoice Reporting
Win2003 Srv - Application Server - BES, Sage CRM Frontend

For this i have chosen a DL380 G5

1 x HP DL380R05 E5450 4G Perf EU Svr
3 x HP 8GB FBD PC2-5300 2x4GB Kit
1 x HP Smart Array P400 w/512Mb BBWC
2 x HP 146GB 10k 2.5 SAS HP SP HDD - Raid 1 - ESXi Volume
4 x HP 300GB 10K SAS 2.5 DP HDD - Raid 10 - Datastore
1 x HP Slim 8X/24X DVD-ROM Drive
1 x HP NC364T PCIe 4Pt Gigabit Server Adptr

Can anyone see an area that may cause performance problems?

At this point im not worried about what would happen if the entire server fell over due to an issue such as the Raid controller failing or the motherboard exploding.

Regards

 

[Curiosityx]

Looks ok to me for a stand alone VMWare server. I take it you are going to team the network ports into one 4GB connection?

Correct yes it will be connected to a Cisco 2960GB Switch.

 

[Curiosityx]

Cheers for the reply, yes i was trying to find out how to get ahold of the embedded version of ESX on the proliant range.

You wouldnt happen to know the part codes i need to add to the above so that i can implement it? I can remove the 2 x 146Gb disks for the VMWare install then.

Regards