[TriLUG] Home Lab Recommendations, Part Deux
Reginald Reed via TriLUG
trilug at trilug.org
Thu Jan 12 22:08:35 EST 2017
BTW, I've been running these HP NC360Ts in my Supermicro server nodes (in
my garage):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-NC360T-Dual-Port-PCIe-Gigabit-Network-Adapter-412651-001-Full-Height-/381919541615
Can't beat the pricing for a dual Intel chipset GigE card.
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 10:42 AM, Rogers, Matthew via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > You should get new hardware. The 3.5" floppy is finally dead. :-)
> >
> I second that. Incidentally my esxi box started as a Inspiron
> 620s, which is limited in many ways. I ended up replacing it with a
> Intel DQ67SW MB and a i7 quad CPU that is fully supported by exsi. Not
> the top of the line but good enough for my current needs and allowed
> me to still use the small box from the original machine. I also added
> a intel quad port gigabit card to it.
>
> No matter what you choose, make sure it is supported either officially
> or unnoficially by vmware or you will find a few features to be
> missing.
>
>
> > Matthew Rogers
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TriLUG [mailto:trilug-bounces+matthew.rogers2=allscripts.
> com at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Alan Sterger via TriLUG
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 10:30 AM
> > To: vikram sai balaji ulaganathan <tayirvadai.vikram at gmail.com>
> > Cc: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Home Lab Recommendations, Part Deux
> >
> > Vikram,
> >
> > Thanks for your thoughts.
> >
> > I have access to Oracle software which has an Xen variant, Oracle VM
> Server. I installed it with no issues and it appears small enough.
> > However, to get to where I want, dual Windows and Linux VMs, I would
> still need to install at least 2 more pieces of software, Oracle VM Manager
> and Oracle VM Windows Paravirtual (PV) Drivers for Microsoft Windows.
> After the first install, work pulled me away from the project but assumed
> there was a "one stop" install for a Type 1 to be had somewhere.
> >
> > Unfortunately, my circa 2008 Dell BIOS has no boot from USB option.
> > I'll have to burn the ESXI 6.5 iso to a CD/DVD to test/install.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Alan Sterger
> >
> >
> > On 1/10/2017 7:59 AM, vikram sai balaji ulaganathan 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
> > > <mailto: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 <mailto: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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