Looking at building a server for my cisco lab, I want to run a few OSes to try out etc. most like server 2012, red hat or something else, Mac OS possibly,
Or may run ESXi,
Im tossing up ideas currently. Do i buy an Older rackmount server. the things i can afford seem pretty damn old. Or i can use my current i7 2600k, and buy an i5 to take over my main PC (i dont use it much anyway its just on 24/7 for a fileserver)
Otherwise i keep the i7 in my main PC and i grab an intel xeon E3 1230 or something else.
obviously i want to keep it as low as possible. i have an antec 4RU case i will be using most likely.
Are AMDs even competitive for virtualization? Some people (very few) have recommended them as you get more cores.
cheers
Thanks guys.
Or may run ESXi,
Im tossing up ideas currently. Do i buy an Older rackmount server. the things i can afford seem pretty damn old. Or i can use my current i7 2600k, and buy an i5 to take over my main PC (i dont use it much anyway its just on 24/7 for a fileserver)
Otherwise i keep the i7 in my main PC and i grab an intel xeon E3 1230 or something else.
obviously i want to keep it as low as possible. i have an antec 4RU case i will be using most likely.
Are AMDs even competitive for virtualization? Some people (very few) have recommended them as you get more cores.
cheers
Thanks guys.