[TriLUG] Home Lab Recommendations, Part Deux

[vikram sai balaji ulaganathan via TriLUG]

Thanks Ron, will give it a try. I first wanted to move around my data into
LVM as they were in normal partition.

On Jan 10, 2017 8:04 AM, "Ron Kelley" <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Vikram,
>
> Odd, what type of NIC does your system use?  As for the ESXi image
> builder, I suspect the process was to add a driver for your NIC.  If Xen
> gives you issues, you can always get an inexpensive Intel GigE NIC from
> fleabay for $15 (+$5 shipping).  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-
> of-2-Intel-PRO-1000-PT-PCI-E-Gigabit-Ethernet-Server-
> Adapter-EXPI9400PTBLK-/112033487569?hash=item1a15b75ad1:g:NbcAAOSwT4lWTNBj
>
> Just a thought.
>
>
>
> On Jan 10, 2017, at 7:59 AM, vikram sai balaji ulaganathan <
> tayirvadai.vikram at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Alan,
> After Ron's suggestions, I tried type 1 VMware and failed to install it
> due to network card support issue. Though it recommends a lengthy and
> mostly Windows based solution of exsi image builder, it did not suite me.
> Xen was good, but wake on lan had issues. So for the time being, I switched
> to type 2 hypervisor with Ubuntu server. Still having issues with GPU
> passthrough.
>
> Bottom line try xen if VMware fails
> Thanks
> Vikram
>
> On Jan 10, 2017 7:41 AM, "Ron Kelley via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Alan,
>>
>> Your CPU seems to be up to the task.  Personally, I would add more RAM
>> (total 16G), add a second SSD (host one VMs on SSD-1 and other VMs on
>> SSD-2), and install ESXi 6.0 on a USB thumb drive.  Use the web client to
>> install/manage your VMS; you will be all set.  If you are still stuck with
>> I/O issues, add a 3rd SSD and host VMs on that one.  If you need data
>> storage protection (ie: no loss of data), grab an inexpensive RAID card off
>> fleabay (LSI 9260-8i for $130) and create a RAID-5 array.  ESXi works just
>> fine with LSI.
>>
>> If you want to run Docker, LXD, etc; simply spin up a “heavy” VM (4-8G
>> RAM, 2 vCPUs, etc) and start hosting containers.  I do this all the time.
>>
>> -Ron
>>
>>
>> On Jan 9, 2017, at 11:51 PM, Alan Sterger via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello TriLugers,
>>
>> Another lost soul looking for home lab recommendations.  I have an Intel
>> Core2 Quad core Q9550 computer with 8 GB of ram, Gigabit ethernet running
>> on a 256 GB SSD.  I can also add more SSDs and/or spinning rust as needed.
>>
>> My requirements are to run Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) v6.x (RHEL
>> w/mods) with Oracle Database 11i.  I also need to run Windows 7 (32-bit)
>> Pro, Windows 7 (64-bit) Pro and possibly Windows 10 Pro.  Any VM not needed
>> would be shutdown.
>>
>> I've used two Type-2 hosted hypervisors, VMware Workstation and
>> VirtualBox each hosted on Windows 7.  Both hypervisors running OEL VM
>> environments seemed a little slow and I/O bound. Probably due to the
>> underlying Windows host.
>>
>> My thought was to implement a Type-1 hypervisor, headless and use VNC
>> when an interactive session is required.  But I'm hearing other things like
>> Docker, libvirt, containers...
>>
>> With my mix of Linux and Windows requirements, let me know if I'm on the
>> right track OR point me in a faster, better direction.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> -- Alan Sterger
>>
>>
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