I added a third 100GB disk to the NAS on the 128GB Flash drive to use as “Tier 1” storage for my AutoLab nested VMs. The 500GB drive is used for all the Autolab VMs, including the NAS. Here is a picture of the new gear after it was unpacked. WD 500GB, 7200RPM, 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s Hard Drive G.SKILL Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM MemoryĬrucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5″ MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz Quad-Core Desktop Processor Shuttle SH67H3 Intel Core i7/i5/i3 Intel H67 XPC Barebone The prices shown are the sale prices I paid and shipping was FREE. With some “Black Friday” deals at I was able to put together a system that should work well for under $850. I chose the Shuttle SH67H3 barebone system since it supports up to 32GB RAM and the Intel i7. I have decided to invest in a beefy “whitebox” setup with ESXi 5.1 to run AutoLab. I am starting to do a bit more testing and proof-of-concept stuff with vSphere 5 and VDI so I need a little more. I have been running my home lab in Workstation for a good while now and it has served me well especially throughout my VCAP-DCA study.
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