[TriLUG] Home Lab Recommendations, Part Deux

[Francois Dion via TriLUG]

Used to run Oracle in my homelab, on my sun E5500 many many years ago. I
was pushing the limit of that box even with 28GB, and it was just a
dev/play box. The oracle stuff i saw more recently is a lot about Oracle In
Memory, Endeca etc. Typically with 1/2 to 2TB of ram in a single server.

The T7600 suggested by Ron wont be overkill if you do that kind of stuff...
I run the rackmount version of that workstation, loaded with GPUs for AI
work and they are solid machines, highly recommended.



On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Alan Sterger via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org
> wrote:

> Ron - Thanks for your suggestions.
>
> Unfortunately, this system started life in 2008 as a 64-bit Dell Studio
> 540.  According to Dell's system documentation, memory is constrained to
> max 8 GB, disk I/O to SATA 2 (Intel G45 + ICH10R chipset) and on-board
> Gigabit provided by Realtek PCIe GBE controller.  Obviously another NIC can
> be added but am wondering if due to the constrained memory and I/O, if my
> money would be better spent purchasing a new server oriented system? I have
> an Oracle consulting business, so I have the ability to write-off the
> project.
>
> Where does one get ESXi 6?  I looked at VMWare's web site and didn't see
> it advertised as such.  I wouldn't want much of a license restriction,
> probably no more than half-dozen active VMs, hopefully, unlimited number of
> inactive VMs.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Alan Sterger
>
>
> On 1/10/2017 7:40 AM, Ron Kelley 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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