I need to lab more at home, so I am looking into building a Windows 8 system running VMware workstation. Under workstation I will be running ESXi, vCenter, NFS Storage, and router VMs to create complex lab scenarios.
I need 64GB of ram.
My other option is to run ESXi on the system, with many nested ESXi underneath. I would need to run one windows system to function as an iTunes server for the apple TV. I would have to play around with the VMware HCL for this option.
Taking a look around it seems like the X79 LGA 2011 chipset is the only affordable way to get 64GB of ram. Want to make sure this is my best option?
I am looking at :
MB: Asus P9X79 PRO
CPU : Intel Core i7-3820
Memory : Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (8 x 8 GB) DDR3 1866 MHz (PC3 15000)
I may get a 4x8GB set now, and another after christmas.
Any huge mistakes here? I haven't built or owned a desktop in about 10 years.
The MB supports an Asus SSD cache tier, anyone have experience with this? I could use the SSD cache and put the OS and files on one raid 5, or I could put the OS on SSD and everything else on raid 5 or raid 10.
I would need to get a budget graphics card, but just the cheapest since I would end up running this headless.
I need 64GB of ram.
My other option is to run ESXi on the system, with many nested ESXi underneath. I would need to run one windows system to function as an iTunes server for the apple TV. I would have to play around with the VMware HCL for this option.
Taking a look around it seems like the X79 LGA 2011 chipset is the only affordable way to get 64GB of ram. Want to make sure this is my best option?
I am looking at :
MB: Asus P9X79 PRO
CPU : Intel Core i7-3820
Memory : Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (8 x 8 GB) DDR3 1866 MHz (PC3 15000)
I may get a 4x8GB set now, and another after christmas.
Any huge mistakes here? I haven't built or owned a desktop in about 10 years.
The MB supports an Asus SSD cache tier, anyone have experience with this? I could use the SSD cache and put the OS and files on one raid 5, or I could put the OS on SSD and everything else on raid 5 or raid 10.
I would need to get a budget graphics card, but just the cheapest since I would end up running this headless.
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