Re: [PLUG] Recommend: cheap server suitable for virtualization?

["Lee H. Marzke" <lee@marzke.net>]

Server class  hardware often has faster memory/buss, disks, etc.
The CPU speed doesn't matter so much.

I've picked up used rack-mount servers on Ebay that perform very well
as ESXi hosts running a dozen or more VM's (with 32GB RAM).   You may get
more for your money with used hw than new consumer grade boxes.

I see Dell 2950's with 4G and minimal disk for $350,  but
you would need more RAM and disk than that.




----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Barron" <pat@lectroid.com>
> To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
> Sent: Thursday, 21 June, 2012 10:31:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Recommend: cheap server suitable for virtualization?
> 
> On 06/21/2012 10:23 AM, Michael Leone wrote:
> > I'd think that "monetarily cheap but doesn't work effectively
> > enough
> > to be useful" doesn't qualify as "server"; that would qualify more
> > as
> > "expensive lesson" ... or maybe "penny wise, pound foolish", as the
> > old saying goes ..
> 
> Sure - that's why I also agree that an Atom-based system is a
> non-starter here.
> 
> But I did see, for instance, a Phenom II X3 system with 8 GB of RAM
> and
> 500 GB of disk for about $310 (less than that after $40 rebate), that
> would probably be decent, at least for running a couple of VMs
> (again,
> depending on exactly what one would be trying to do with it)...
> 
> (Regarding the Newegg deal that Gary posted about - in the benchmark
> numbers I've seen, the Phenom II processors seem to do better than
> the
> FX processors, so I tend to prefer the former...)
> 
> --Pat.
> 
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