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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostHow loud/quiet are they?
Scrap that, can only take one hdd
And to confirm, as said, they can take up to 6 drives although I tend to fit 5; 1 X small SSD as the boot drive attached with a velcro sticky pad under the optical bay and then 4 disks in the RAID flavour of your choice in the front bays.Comment
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Originally posted by Durbs View PostPretty quiet and inconspicuous really.
And to confirm, as said, they can take up to 6 drives although I tend to fit 5; 1 X small SSD as the boot drive attached with a velcro sticky pad under the optical bay and then 4 disks in the RAID flavour of your choice in the front bays.Comment
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Mine came this morning, amazingly fast delivery only ordered it 24hrs ago!
I plan to use it to build SQL Instances, use all flavors of VM's (hyper-v, VMWare, VirtBox) so I was wondering (since I've not actually owned a server before) what the consensus of the best OS to put on it (don't say Linux!), I have a technet subscription so I was downloading Small Business Server 2011 last night (kept on getting network error, can Chrome handle a 6.4GB download?), but would it be better to simply put Win Server 2012 on it?
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qhHe had a negative bluety on a quackhandle and was quadraspazzed on a lifeglug.
I look forward to your all knowing and likely sarcastic and unhelpful reply.
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Originally posted by quackhandle View Postso I was wondering (since I've not actually owned a server before) what the consensus of the best OS to put on it (don't say Linux!)
If you want to play mainly with VM's then take a look at ESXi. For VM use, you'll also want to look at what 16GB memory pairs are supported (the specs state max 8GB but 16GB generally works fine in the N54L, it can be fussy on what make of ram you use though if using > 8GB).Comment
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Originally posted by quackhandle View PostMine came this morning, amazingly fast delivery only ordered it 24hrs ago!
I plan to use it to build SQL Instances, use all flavors of VM's (hyper-v, VMWare, VirtBox) so I was wondering (since I've not actually owned a server before) what the consensus of the best OS to put on it (don't say Linux!), I have a technet subscription so I was downloading Small Business Server 2011 last night (kept on getting network error, can Chrome handle a 6.4GB download?), but would it be better to simply put Win Server 2012 on it?
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But really you need some proper disk, more spindles multi controllers - IMHO that will be what will slow it down, hypervisor and guests on one disk and/or controller....Comment
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Originally posted by stek View PostIt can't do LPAR tho, but I knew that, having made that mistake before!Comment
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Originally posted by stek View PostESX is out there, as is Oracle VM Server both bare metal installs and managed remotely.
But really you need some proper disk, more spindles multi controllers - IMHO that will be what will slow it down, hypervisor and guests on one disk and/or controller....While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Apologies if it is a daft question, but does ESX install direct as the base OS or it is still worth putting 2012 Server Essentials on it then ESX on top of that?
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qhHe had a negative bluety on a quackhandle and was quadraspazzed on a lifeglug.
I look forward to your all knowing and likely sarcastic and unhelpful reply.
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Originally posted by quackhandle View PostApologies if it is a daft question, but does ESX install direct as the base OS or it is still worth putting 2012 Server Essentials on it then ESX on top of that?
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