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February 16, 2013 6:54:43 AM

Hello all,

I am looking forward to build a home virtualization lab.The total no of VM's i intend to run is close to 10-15 vm's simultaneously.Being on tight budget i have chalked out below config. Does this look good ?

PC-1
Component
Asus Kgpe-d16 - Motherboard - Ssi Eeb 3.61 - Socket G34 - Amd Sr5690/sp5100
Eight-Core AMD Opteron™ 6320
or
Twelve-Core AMD Opteron™ 6344
Kingston 32GB Kit* (4x8GB) - DDR3 1600MHz( KVR16R11D4K4/32 )
Intel SSD 520 240GB (6Gbps)SF-2281 MLC
Seagate 2TB 64MB C 7200 RPM Constellation ES
CORSAIR Professional Series AX850
Lian Li PC - A70F Full Tower Chassis


PC-2
SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AMD 990FX(AM3+) /BIOSTAR TA970 AM3+ AMD 970 /ASRock 990FX Extreme9 AM3+ AMD 990FX
AMD FX 8350
Intel SSD 520 240GB (6Gbps)SF-2281 MLC
Seagate 2TB 64MB C 7200 RPM Constellation ES
CORSAIR Professional Series AX850
NZXT Crafted Series Guardian 921 RB Blue LED USB 3.0

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February 16, 2013 7:06:42 PM

A lot of it comes down to what virtualization platform you are planning to use. For instance, are you planning to run ESXi 5? Server 2008? Server 2012? Xen? A lot of your hardware selection is going to have to be based on the operating system you choose because not everything is supported.

While the configuration you pointed out looks to give you enough performance to do some test builds, keep in mind you're running a Server OS which may have specific driver and support requirements (such as supported NIC and RAID controllers.) This means a whole lot more work for you if you're going to build your own, tracking each component and their compatibility not only with the chosen platform, but with your other selected hardware. It can be done, yes, but it might not be as easy as getting the same hardware in a pre-configured server solution from HP, Dell, or even Supermicro.
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