If you get the 3.5 media, they've got a lot more drivers and some SATA controllers work now. If you're going low-end, you might do is go ahead and bite on the cheap hardware up front. Otherwise, invest in SAS. Running on SATA without a RAID 1/0 config (more spindles), you'll find you won't be able to run high I/O VMs anyway.Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: timswim78
Anyone have any experience running this with VMWARE ESXI? Would it worth it to spend $100 to get the XEON?
ESX wont install on a SATA drive as far as I know, other than that add more ram and I would think you could.
Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
If you get the 3.5 media, they've got a lot more drivers and some SATA controllers work now. If you're going low-end, you might do is go ahead and bite on the cheap hardware up front. Otherwise, invest in SAS. Running on SATA without a RAID 1/0 config (more spindles), you'll find you won't be able to run high I/O VMs anyway.Originally posted by: FDF12389
Originally posted by: timswim78
Anyone have any experience running this with VMWARE ESXI? Would it worth it to spend $100 to get the XEON?
ESX wont install on a SATA drive as far as I know, other than that add more ram and I would think you could.
In any case, ESX is based on RHEL4, there's bound to be a way to make it work. Worst-case scenario, you might have to put up for a compatible SATA controller.
I ordered one late today (Thursday Oct 16), well after the deal was supposed to expire. I pondered it for a day and decided I shouldn't do it, but when the deal went on, I got tempted again and gave in. :disgust:Originally posted by: timswim78
Hmm, this is getting tempting. I hope that the deal expires soon, or else I may buy this and get in a little trouble on the homefront.
I don't own a SC440 at this time, so I don't know how the BIOS works, but if there's SATA IDE emulation then I'd think you could enable it and use the IDE drivers for ESX.Originally posted by: FDF12389
ESX wont install on a SATA drive as far as I know, other than that add more ram and I would think you could.
It'd be kinda' crazy to buy this with only 512MB of RAM when for $20 more you get 2 GB. Note that this server uses ECC memory, which, unfortunately, isn't subject to hot sales and rebates like non-ECC memory.Originally posted by: Ferzerp
Unless you upgraded the specs quite a bit, you wouldn't want to run VMs on it. It only comes with 512Mb of ram for instance...
Originally posted by: Lanyap
Everything I've read says this uses ECC only RAM. Can someone who has one confirm. I am so tempted to get this. The deal is still up and it's driving me crazy. Maybe I'll get one of those Studio Hybrids from the outlet instead.
Originally posted by: timswim78
Anyone have any experience running this with VMWARE ESXI? Would it worth it to spend $100 to get the XEON?
Originally posted by: Staples
I have never used VM Ware but have recently been interested since I need to sharpen my linux skills. Does anyone know if they free version of VMWare will run both Windows and Linux or will I have to fork out $150 or whatever their real version costs?
Originally posted by: Staples
I have never used VM Ware but have recently been interested since I need to sharpen my linux skills. Does anyone know if they free version of VMWare will run both Windows and Linux or will I have to fork out $150 or whatever their real version costs?