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Hi all, For my job, I work between both Windows and macOS. For the past few months, I've been using VMWare workstation to run the macOS virtually but it's beginning to struggle. I got my hardware upgraded to help but was remember the LInus video with 2 gamers 1 CPU. I would like to try something like this, but after some research there seems to be certain constraints. Here is my hardware: - HP Z600 Workstation - Dual Xeon Quad Cores - 48GB DDR3 - 2 x Samsung 840 Pro 250GB SSDs - 2 x Seagate 1TB HDDs - NVIDIA Quadro FX580 - AMD FirePro V9500 - PCI network card - 3 x Monitors - 2 sets of keyboards/mice I'd like to be able to have macOS on 1 monitor and Windows on 1 or 2, each with a CPU, 24GB RAM, GPU, keyboard/mouse, SSD, HDD so both systems shouldn't be struggling (in theory). unRAID would be ideal but my work will not pay for this, so are there any other alternatives? Originally I was going to use ESXi but I would need a client and will render the GPUs useless. I'm not familiar with KVM and it's ability to support macOS. If this cannot be done, fair enough I will go back to the way I was doing it before but on the new hardware. Thanks

So, I'm currently parting out a ~$3,000 Server/NAS for my home. I'm going to run ESXi on it, as I will be setting up a Windows sandbox, a VPN server, as well as the NAS. PCPP: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Karokiyu/saved/dBJ6hM I've decided to go with a Xeon E5-2630 V3. It's 8 cores, which I think is enough. I may want to go with a 10 or 12 core CPU. Not sure yet. For storage, I'm going with 8x 4TB WD Red drives. I will buy 9, so I have a spare lying around, incase of a failure. The 8 drives will be in raid 6. Now, I just need to decide what kind of RAID card to use. I'm for sure using a RAID 6, and definately want to use a SAS connection. So, I will want a dual port SAS raid card That i can plug all 8 of the drives into. However, this card needs to be compatable with windows server 2012, and maybe 2016. This is my first server I've built from scratch, so please tell me things I should change, if any. Thanks!

Hey all, would just like some input regarding using my spare 6700k in a system that's running ESXi with pfsense/freenas and at least a windows and a few linux OS as VMs. I am getting a quad intel gigabit NIC, so ports won't be a problem. Can anyone advise potential problems from having that config? ESXi will be run from a USB drive, with the VMs on an SSD and the NAS storage on 2-4 3.5 HDDs... I will be (hopefully) importing the volumes from my current freenas setup. I will maybe underclock and undervolt the CPU to save some power, but considering this will be potentially taking the place of at least 2 machines, I think it's all good? I will only be using a cryorig c7 as the cooler for now and see how it gets on with noise/performance. This will be a fairly big project for me as I haven't dabled in pfsense before, and I also want to configure it as a VPN server to access the NAS VM from outside the LAN. no time constraints as I already have a NAS + backup NAS and PC etc to use while this is being built and configured. One thing I have consdiered is RAM being too low, will only be using 8GB for now as money is a bit tight right now, big purchases lately. I have considered selling the i7 and buying a g4560, but thought I might be better off keeping the i7 for the 8 threads it has, what do you think?

I'm wondering what most people here use for GPU passthrough. I have an old Dell Precision workstation that I'm trying to turn into a gaming box/home lab for Linux & Windows learning. I've tried VMWare ESXi and Proxmox KVM (based on Debian Linux) and got GPU passthrough working with both. Neither is perfect, but I'm leaning towards ESXi at the moment because I'm having so much trouble with audio on KVM. On KVM, I've got audio to the point that game audio plays OK, but Youtube has skipping and distortion problems when there's any background activity (downloads, disk transfers, etc.) Setting up GPU passthrough on KVM was also a good bit more painful than ESXi was. That's not to say that ESXi doesn't have problems. I couldn't get USB hotplug working in my Windows VM, so I had to resort to task scheduler to force a USB scan every minute. I also had to find a super-secret config file parameter to prevent "Code 43" errors with my GeForce GPU. But audio work great, even when there's a lot of background activity. Has anyone here had better experiences with their hypervisor of choice? Does Linus' favorite platform, Unraid, make it any easier to do passthrough?

Hey Guys, Finally have gotten around to cleaning my desk enough for a decent photo with all of my rigs, so thought it a good enough time to do a writeup of what I’ve got! In saying that, Please (for the love of Gaben) ignore the PotatoCamera. My 6S+ currently has an issue with the Beta firmware and AutoStabilizer that I can't fix. First off, like any functional network, is the modem or router, depending on the use case. I’ve got myself running a TP-Link modem bridging to my dedicated VESA-mounted ITX pfSense box (with all the good packages running) on the back of my servers’ screen to the Right. Theres a D-Link 802.11ac AP hiding behind there aswell, with everything connecting to a 16pt Netgear ProSAFE switch secured under the desk. Speaking of Server, refer to image 3 (black & green background). This i5-4670K@4.2GHz beast has looked after every device that’s come into contact with the residential wireless. Handling everything from SMB shares & DHCP leases to PXE boot environments & a few CSGO games, this 12tb storage box has lasted the last 3 years. But its now completely full, and due for a rackmount upgrade once my new living area is put together. Which I’ll get to later. Laptops have been slow and progressional, but all in all I think I’ve got a good combination. 18.6” Horize P170SM. i7-4700HQ, 16gb DDR3L, GTX765M, 1080p IPS, 2x mSATA drives (Win & Linux) 13.3” Metabox W230ST. i7-4770HQ, 16gb DDR3L, Intel iGPU (dGPU fried), 1080p TN, 2x mSATA (Work & Home) 13” Kogan Atlas UltraSlim Pro. M3-6Y30, 8gb LPDDR3, HD515, 1440p IPS, 256gb SSD (Win) Hiding away behind the 1080p IPS USB-C (DP/TB) screen just above the keyboard, is my Intel SkullCanyon NUC6i7KYK. i7-6770HQ, 32gb DDR4L, Iris Pro 580, 2x 256gb M.2 RAID0. Absolute beast of a PizzaPocketPC. Much worth. And now, my current main configuration. Weighing in at about what feels like 30kg on some days, The BeastRig. Equipped with an i7-6800K@4.2GHz and cooled with the H100i w/pushpull, my (unfortunately-replaced) GTX780Ti and gorgeous GTX1080Ti (Both ‘Founders’ and not OC’d), 32gb of CorsairDommyPlats (2x16gb DDR4@2400MHz), 512gb 950Pro M.2 SSD (and some 500gb 850EVO’s in the drive bays), with all of this connected to the only LGA2011-3 mATX motherboard I could find, Asus X99-M WS (I went through 3 DOA’s). A beautifully-crafted system. But I wanted more. So GOverlay LCD screen, all the compatible Corsair Link components and the USB headers are being jumped through the NZXT Hub+ thingo, all crammed into the Corsair Air 540. Of course, with RGB. Full load, pulls as much as possible from the HX1000i, which is pretty incredible. Now, I said I wanted more, didn’t I. So the BeastRig doesn’t stop there. I’m very familiar with virtual technologies, having used VMWare for a number of years for personal usage. But never having known about ESXi or Bare-Metal initialization. Which, when I looked into it (surprisingly just before Linus did one of the unRaid videos), I was amazed at what could be done with it. Google it, its pretty sweet stuff. Fast forward 2 weeks, I’ve got 3 virtual systems fully operational on this Beast of a machine. One connected to the 1080Ti with 6cores & 15gb RAM, and the other with the 780ti, 4cores and 10gb. Theres another machine with 2cores&4gb that I VNC/RDP into for downloading all of my perfectly legal content. Now, I’ve got my own little corporate environment running in my bedroom. Soon to get a more-than-hefty upgrade, which I'll re-post in a few weeks-months when its all up and running. w00t! If anyone wants more info on how the rigs run day to day, lemme know and I’ll fill you in. Shits pretty awesome IMO. *Last image, PC on the Right is not my rig; took BeastRig to a mates' for a sesh* Edit: I have atleast 3 instances of Synergy being served between these rigs for different purposes. Absolutely love Symless' program. Signing off, </MACE529>

Hey guys, I'm working on setting up a personal ESXI server that I can learn and play around with lots of different stuff. I have an i7-2600, 16GB 1333MHz DDR3, Intel DH67CL motherboard, a Zotac GTX 750 Ti, two 120GB Sandisk SSDs, and some random HDDs of varying sizes. The issue I have run into is that ESXI doesn't support "fakeraid" solutions like most onboard controllers provides, and I had intended to use the 2 Sandisk SSDs as a boot drive in RAID1. I need help deciding where to go from here. I've looked into getting an actual hardware RAID controller but the couple cheap ones I've found are still "fakeraid". I'm wondering if I should just give up on ESXI, although part of the reason I wanted to use it is because I know how huge it is in enterprise data centers and I wanted to get some experience with it. I've googled for an hour or two now and some people say I should install ESXI on USB, however that is both 1) slow to boot and 2) if the USB fails then all the settings are gone and I'm not quite sure how I'd back them up/restore them easily without manual configuration. I've also seen people suggesting alternatives like Proxmox, or XenServer. One of the things I'll be experimenting with on this server is FreeNAS, I'm new to it but I'm wondering if it has the capabilities to act as a virtualization server? Then I'd just have FreeNAS as my base instead of ESXI. Very new to this and at the moment quite discouraged so advice and suggestions on where to go from here is appreciated. Thanks guys. EDIT: Googling some more looks like Proxmox doesn't support "fakeraid" either. So the more general question is how can I get the redundancy (RAID 1ish) I want for whichever solution? If I install it on a USB and the USB fails, is it that hard/time consuming to recover from?

I'm just getting into the whole virtualization scene but am hoping to get rid of a couple physical server installs at work and also set up something similar to the Gaming NAS that linus demonstrated for Unraid. The two goals are very different in what they have. An enterprise grade server vs a homebuilt gaming machine. My question is, I see a lot of different virtual controllers which I'm gathering are referred to as hypervisors or whatever their counter parts in other companies are called. My questions are; Do Vmware or any of the other similar ones to that feature a RAID system similar to Unraid's or would that be done on a RAID controller like our Perc H710 in the server? Also what would Unraid's formation be considered as since it has designated parity drives instead of all the drives sharing parity data? I still have yet to start this project and intend to dig around in each of them but was hoping to get some questions out of the way. Thanks in advance!

Okay this is a weird one. I am reconfiguring my ESXi 6.7.0 Update 2 (Build 13006603) host to run the OS on a small flash drive instead of a SATA hard drive so I can keep it separate from my datastore. All of my VMs are migrated and stored on a new hard drive. I then plug in a 64GB USB 3.0 drive and am able to install ESXi on it. The problem is now that when I reboot the system, ESXi seems to reset to factory settings. All of my settings go away including my VMWare license key, my created users, my VM registrations, and my management network settings. It reverts from Static to DHCP and resets the hostname and DNS configuration. This problem never occurred when ESXi was installed on a SATA drive (which was running 6.7 [not Update 2]) but has consistently reverted all of these settings on reboot since migrating to the flash drive. Anyone else ever experience this? Am I better off using a smaller SATA drive to store ESXi on if it avoids this problem or is this an indication of something else?

Hi, i'm looking at a replacement SAN for our esxi hosts, we have about 20 vm's running between 2 hosts, currently using a 4Gb link direct to the SAN, however.. our SAN is due to be replaced and repurposed and i'm looking at upgrading to 10Gb Ethernet direct to the hosts with at least 36TB of Storage with possibility to expand if needed. i've had some quotes back for just over 10k in GBP, and would like to see if i can do better, i'm not mega familiar with what sans are out there and which ones to avoid, so i'm really looking for recommendations, it must have ideally quad 10gb ethernet, at least 2U, but can be larger if needed doesn't matter. reliable and robust for 24/7 running, obviously the configuration of the actual array will be decided one we know storage capacity and amount of drives. this is for a educational environment not for myself, so it MUST be reliable. Cheers guys !

I'm trying to run OpenWRT on ESXi however I'd like to have all my ethernet ports as LAN/WAN, is there a way so that i can setup the web management so that i can access the management website from any computer connected to openwrt?

Hi Guys, I am trying to move out of ESXi (licensing and support is killing me) and into Proxmox but I dont have another host to install Proxmox and migrate the VMs. I use an IBM x3550 server with a LSI RAID controller for storage. 1) Is there anyway where I can remove ESXi and install Proxmox and connect it to storage? 2) I use Veritas Backup Exec for backups. Can I backup the ESXi VMs and restore onto Proxmox? 3) Can I do a Proxmox VM on ESXi and migrate all the VMs and then dump Proxmox onto the bare metal? Please advise. Best regards, Gdcrocx

So I'm trying to get a DHCP and DNS server running within vSphere. Problem is there was a MikroTik device handing out DHCP and DNS before. I turned off those services on the MikroTik, spun up the VM but it can't even consistently ping the MikroTik. I'm at a loss and don't know what it is. I have a feeling it has to be with the config in vSphere. HELP

Hi all. I'm planning a new build to update my old home ESXI system with something much better. My current system is: quad-core Q6600 4gb of DDR2 ram 1TB SATA HD 2 Intel 1Gbit nics An old Nvidia card This thing is eating power, 140w of power and it feels like this is at idle as the two running hosts are not doing much. The new spec I am aiming for: 6 - 8 cores minimum 16 - 32gb of ram 1 - 2 NVMe M.2 drives 256GB is loads of space Onboard simple graphics out of band KVM management over IP 2 x 10Gbit nics 1 x PCI slot Case, mini-ITX size 1u rack Cooling, Passive if possible and fanless I don't want much do I What I have learnt so far: An Intel i7 7740x or an AMD Ryzen 1700x could be good options for a processor. Is an Atom C3758 a bad idea I should look at an 80 Plus gold or better PSU SSD's will greatly help my Power consumption targets I'm kind of looking for a lower cost more mainstream, better ESXI supported Supermicro A2SDi-H-TP4F or Gigabyte MA10-ST0. Apart from the cost and the processor type these board ticks all the boxes. My questions: Which processor should I be looking for? I'm looking for a high core count with hypervisor support that is very power efficient Once the CPU is selected we can look for a motherboard but do we have any combinations known to be low power high performance Is there a system builder who specialises in low power high-performance systems Does anyone know of a specialist website where low power high performance is their game? Any support here is well received, this should be a fun build. So team, what do we think? Thanks

Hey, planning to build a mini-server to run multiple VMs (none of which is for storage). Currently my build is this: PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor €147.90 @ Alternate Motherboard Gigabyte - GA-A320M-S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard €56.85 @ Amazon Deutschland Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory €106.00 @ Amazon Deutschland Video Card Zotac - GeForce GT 710 1 GB PCIE x1 Video Card €51.90 @ Caseking Case BitFenix - Prodigy M Midnight Black MicroATX Mini Tower Case €85.00 Power Supply be quiet! - Pure Power 11 300 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply €47.90 @ Caseking Wired Network Adapter Intel - EXPI9301CT PCI-Express x1 1000 Mbit/s Network Adapter €35.72 @ Senetic Other Dawicontrol DC-624e RAID 4-Kanal SATA 6G Blister LP €59.83 Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total €591.10 Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-27 16:24 CET+0100 Before I go any further, wanted to ask if anyone has better experience than me with Ryzen and ESXi compatibility, as well as compatible RAID Controllers. Not sure about the one I included in the build. I'm open for any suggestions and recommendations Thank you!

Hi, This will be my ongoing thread where I'll post my hardware and software considerations prior to purchase to get feedback from the forum. Anyway, this post is just here to get thought process started. The esxi server will host my development and proof of concept, training/learning for Oracle EBS Application installations and their corresponding database VMs along with subversion repository, plexmediaserver, etc. Feel free to comment or give ideas or suggestions at any time. Thanks!

So I have assembled a machine that I am using as a VMWare ESXI (v 6.7) host. I have successfully installed a Windows 10 VM on said host and it powers on and runs as one would expect. I then attempted a Ubuntu VM (18.04) and it successfully installs but after about a minute of uptime after the initial installation, the VM suddenly powers off and any attempts to power it on again result in this error: "The operation is not allowed in the current state". The current state is Powered Off. My Windows 10 VM still works just fine. I've tried Ubuntu 18.04 as well as CentOS 7.5 and get the same result after creating VMs using both. Any ideas here?

Hello everyone! I'm trying to get NVidia's GT710 graphics card working in esxi 6.7 on a Dell PowerEdge R710 machine. The Dell PowerEdge R710 has 4 PCIE x8 slots available for extensions. I currently have 1 quad ethernet NIC card in 1 of those 4 slots and the other 3 each have a NVidia GT 710 2GB PNY graphics card installed. I did manage to get the pass-through enabled on the host machine and get the virtual machine to install the NVidia drivers and there is no code 43 or BSOD with error 116. The issue that is occurring is that I cannot seem to get the HDMI or VGA ports to show any kind of signal output. The DVI port works and shows a signal, but the HDMI and VGA are blank and the virtual machine doesn't even detect that there's a monitor plugged in. Am I doing something wrong or is this something NVidia intentionally did to prevent end users like myself on low budgets from being able to experiment with virtualization and pass-through? All I want is a virtual machine system that allows any OS with GPU-passthrough so I can run my code editors and have 2-3 "dev" machines that can be used for developing and testing code before doing a git commit/push or installing the server programs on my main rig. Thanks to anyone who can help!

Hi LTT community, I'm about to build my first home server that will hold multiple VM for all kind of stuff : - NAS (FreeNAS) - Local cloud (owncloud) - Routeur (PfSense) - Windows + security software (managing multiple wireless camera in the house) I would need a little bit of help to understand some of the concept related to virtualization. First, I understand that you need to install an Hypervisor (sort of main OS that's taking care of all the VM) Do you have any recommendations for a beginner (Esxi, unraid) ? Then I would like all my VMs to access and to write on my RAID storage. But my RAID will be created from the FreeNAS VM using ZFS technology. Is it possible to create a RAID using a specific VM and to share it across multiple VM ? Thank you.

Hi everyone. For a really long time, I have been thinking of building a lab at home for learning and gaining some hands on experience. To be better at my day job, I need to gain experience with Red Hat System Administration, Networking, VMWare ESXI, Mongodb, Sybase, LDAP, Oracle SGD, Tomcat, NAS and many other things. We are a very small team and take care of the whole infrastructure. I also want to study for the below certifications which will help me with my day job and future. (RHCE, RHCSA, CEH, CISSP, CISM). I don't have much knowledge about Networking. I want to setup routers, firewall, pfsense and make a setup with DMZ and stuff to learn about security. A year ago, I got a job at a finance corporation as Tech Support Engineer where I don't have any access to anything. I cannot learn or experiment anything at work. I am now put into a Cloudera Apache Hadoop Project. I need to build clusters with at least 8 to 10 machines. (1 Management node, 2 Master nodes, 6 to 7 Worker nodes - All these nodes which will be VMs require at least 16 to 18 GM RAM) I am going to to have to build a server to install Cloudera's Apache Hadoop Distribution and do a lot of experimenting at home. So, I will be needing a server with a lot of RAM so that I can spin up a lot of VMs and allocate a good chunk of RAM to each VM. I need a setup to learn about things used at work and also learn about things I am interested in. I didn't want to waste time researching on a motherboard and CPU that will support ESXI. So, I looked at the below server and bid $680 on it. Someone just outbid me. I live in a very small apartment and don't want to get rack servers which are going to be very loud. But if there are no other options I will have to get a rack server. I am willing to spend up to $2000 to $3000 because this will help me with doing well at my day job and also get some certifications. I also thought about buying the below ESXI supported motherboard and CPU to build a home server. I see that the below motherboards are supported. Partner Name Model CPU Series Supported Releases Acer Inc. Altos R360 F3 Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Acer Inc. Altos R380 F3 Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Advantech Corporation ASMB-815T2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (Skylake-SP) Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 Advantech Corporation ASMB-825T2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (Skylake-SP) Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 Advantech Corporation ASMB-925T2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (Skylake-SP) Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 Advantech Corporation ASMB-935T2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (Skylake-SP) Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 Advantech Corporation ASMB-975T2 Intel Xeon Platinum 8100 (Skylake-SP) Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 Advantech Corporation ECU-4784 Intel Xeon E3-1500-v5 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 AIC Inc. 21D-B312-03 Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 AIC Inc. 21D-B312-04 Intel Xeon E5-2600-v3 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 AIC Inc. LIBRA Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 bluechip Computer AG bluechip SERVERline R52302i Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Intel Intel S2600CWTS Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Intel Intel S2600WT2 Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Intel S2600CW2 Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Intel S2600CWTR Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Intel S2600KP Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Intel S2600KPF Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Intel S2600TP Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Intel S2600TPF Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Intel S2600WTT Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Maguay 211-x4-2U Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Maguay 212-E5-2U Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 TAROX Systems & Services GmbH ParX G5 Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 TAROX Systems & Services GmbH ParX R1082i G5 Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 TAROX Systems & Services GmbH ParX R2082i G5 Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Tyan Computer S5630 Intel Xeon Gold 6100/5100, Silver 4100, Bronze 3100 (Skylake-SP) Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Tyan Computer S7100 Intel Xeon Gold 6100/5100, Silver 4100, Bronze 3100 (Skylake-SP) Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Tyan Computer S7106 Intel Xeon Gold 6100/5100, Silver 4100, Bronze 3100 (Skylake-SP) Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Tyan Computer S8026 AMD EPYC 7XX1 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 Tyan Computer S8026GM2NRE AMD EPYC 7XX1 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 Wortmann AG TERRA-SERVER-7230-G2-(2x10GbE) Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Wortmann AG TERRA-SERVER-7420-G2-(2x10GbE) Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Wortmann AG TERRA_SERVER_7120_G2_(2x10GbE) Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Wortmann AG TERRA_SERVER_7120_G2_(2x1GbE) Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Wortmann AG TERRA_SERVER_7130_G2_(2x10GbE) Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Wortmann AG TERRA_SERVER_7130_G2_(2x1GbE) Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Wortmann AG TERRA_SERVER_7220_G2_(2x10GbE) Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Wortmann AG TERRA_SERVER_7220_G2_(2x1GbE) Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 Wortmann AG TERRA_SERVER_7420_G2_(2x1GbE) Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4 Series ESXi 6.7 6.5 U2 6.5 U1 6.5 I was looking at these boards that are compatible. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/compare-products.html/servers?productIds=88276,88275,88278,88273 Also looking at these processors. https://ark.intel.com/products/series/91287/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-v4-Family It would be helpful if someone can guide me choose the Case, PSU, RAM. Is it worth it? Should I build a Home server or should I be buying an old rack server from ebay?

Ok, so here is the setup. I recently came into a server that I have setup in my home just for messing around with. Its a HP Proliant ML350 Gen 8 with Dual Intel® Xeon® E5-2620s, 96g of RAM and 2 TB of SAS storage. It is running ESXi 6.5. My home has gigabit internet (1gbs up and 1gbs down) What would you guys do with a server like that in your home? I am very curious what would people would do with hardware like this. I am currently running a windows 2016 server VM that runs PLEX / deluge and sonar and acts as a network storage for all other PCs in the home. I also have a Ubuntu server vm that runs a webserver and MySQL server. I have an OSX VM that I use just to run OSX software I play with every now and then. I also have an older GTX 760 and GT1030 kicking around I can install in the server for PCI-E passthrough if someone can think of anything to do with those.

Hi all, I am currently working at IT helpdesk position and I wanted to expand my knowledge on servers and network. Currently I am running my vms on alienware 12 laptop which is quite ok for running a domain controller with one workstation. However I would want to create a bigger environment with couple workstations in domain, and few dcs to play with dns zones/ exchange server in a future. Therefore I am thinking about a new device that would serve me to run couple vms (probably around 10). Some of them less cpu heavy like windows 10 hosts but also at leats 4 dcs and a exchange server which i guess would need some resources to go into it. I understand I need something with hefty ram (16-32 gb) but not sure about processor Just started to wrap my head around server hardware so wanted to consult with you my purchase ideas. Please let me know which one of those would be a good option in your opinion or let me know if you have your own suggestions. Some of my requirements: -run 10 vms for lab. - I have around 2000-3000 polish złoty I would like to spend (700 -800 us $) -I will be running it under my desk so it can't be jet level noisy as my girlfriend is going to kill me. - I would prefer something on lower end with possibility to upgrade. - I would like to play mostly with windows hyper-v, however having a possibility to play with ESXi would be great. -It would be added benefit if it had raid 1 /0 for messing around. . By one hand it would be great to have some hands on experience with server hardware. Only concern is to find something not sounding like a jet. a) New HPE micro server gen10 with X3421 On one of the guides I fallowed on udemy they used and recommended HPE micro server gen10. +It is quiet +there are some sales on it and I could buy it for around 500 us dollars brand new with X3421 version +I was thinking about using it as a nas storage later +It has raid 0/1 Anyone used this server and what is your experience? b) used dell t610 I found used one near me for around 500$. It has two 2x SixCore E5645 2,40Ghz 12M and comes with 24gb ram. This sounds great for me as it has nice specs and by throwing some ram I could easily upgrade it. My only concern is how loud it can be: https://www.dell.com/community/PowerEdge-Hardware-General/Noise-levels-for-PowerEdge-T610-T710-compared-with-R610-R710/td-p/3893425 Workstations I have no experience with those but some suggested it for virtual lab, and they can be found used quite cheap. c) used workstation lenovo d20 I found those being sold for around 200$ with shipping. They come with 1x XEON E5620 with possibility to upgrade them with another one dirt cheap. Also 8gb ddr3 ram. I would possibility have to buy some ram and I would throw another cpu as its so cheap to do. However I dont know if old zombie like this would run good with esxi. (They are from 2011 god damn!). Also I probably could get even a better deal if I bought 2 of them as local company seems to be getting rid of them so that would be two esxi/hyper v hosts d) dell precision workstation t7500 Those were suggested to me by one of my co workers. They used one of those to run some company-lab vms. I could get one with 24 gb ram and ntel Xeon W3530, 4x2.8 GHz for 200$ I found they can run up to 96 gb ram so also a huge benefit.

Hi! I should need help with pfsense and esxi i running esxi on a server with 2 network cards and i run esxi webui and pfsense wan on same port and lan interface on the another port and how should i do, If i connect my wan (ISP) to the wan / esxi webui port should it work or esxi webui being port forwarded to the public ip? Or can i do so? or should i need set a router before esxi and pfsense to get it working? or i need to change something somewhere? Please help me (Im 12 years ols) Please help me Thanks!

I have a server that is not doing much but I want to keep going, it has a software RAID(1) using mdadm that I would ideally like to keep in tack and pass through ESXi to the Ubuntu vm. So currently it is just a physical machine with no VM's on it, I want to clone it then install ESXi and put the image onto the ESXi host. I can't seem to find a good way to do it without losing my RAID. Suggestions or should I just move the data off onto a different location then install everything fresh and reset it all up?

Dear techtippers, Recently (well, about 6 months ago) I bought an APC UPS for my home server. I've bought it to grow so it runs my server for about 1.5 hours I think so I haven't gotten around to setting up graceful shutdowns of my VM's. Now I'd like to do this but it seems there is not clear cut solution for this. I have an APS SMT1500 and I'm running an Esxi host on my server to host all of my VMs. The VMs are windows, linux, Freenas, a bit of everything. I'd like to give the command when my UPS is at #% battery it start gracefully shutting down Esxi VMs. Do any of you have experience with this?

So before I start, this is not my idea and the issues I am getting are some just weird. I have been tasked to build a window 2012 r2 VM server with AD, DNS, DHCP and 2 Ubuntu linux VM's all of which need to run on ESXi. Sounds fine right? Well not so fast, I need to build this on Windows 10 VMWare WorkStation Pro 14.x inside with ESXi 5.5. I also need to duplicate this and then change the subnet to a different one. Oh and need to put vCenter on there too. This is a project to test the upgrade process to ESXi 6.5.u1 I have built it mostly and it is working well other than DHCP anyway (was on corp network didn't want to fuck up their DHCP). My issue is I have no connectivity on it once I disconnect from the corp network. I also can't install a windows 10 vm in any possible way since it keeps failing. My brain is fried at this point I have been at it since Monday.... So what I have hardware wise is a Dell r710, Dell 3020 desktop and a Cisco 3560-C. How in the hell do I set this up so I don't smash my head in? I am thinking SOFTWARE Windows 10 | \/ WorkStation | ----------------------------------------------------------- | | \/ \/ ESXi 5.5 ESXi 5.5 | | \/ \/ -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- | | | | \/ \/ \/ \/ Server 2012 Ubuntu x2 Ubuntu x2 Server 2012 | | ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- | | | | | | \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ \/ AD DNS DHCP <- Services not VMs_ -> AD DNS DHCP HARDWARE Dell R710 -- Nic 1 ----------- Corp network | Nic 0 | | | Port 1 | Cisco Catalyst 3560-C -- Port 8 ---------- Dell Optiplex 3020 | Console Connection | Surface Pro 2 Question then becomes what do I do for ESXi and Workstation settings?