[TriLUG] Need opinions for specs of a VM box

[Lee]

This is for a testing lab? What are you going to be testing? The  
latest computer games? :D
-Lee

On Jul 26, 2007, at 8:08 AM, OlsonE at aosa.army.mil wrote:

> I'm actually building a server just for this purpose. It's going to
> house:
>
> Processor: Intel Quad Core Q6600 G0 stepping (cooled by a Thermalright
> Ultra-120 eXtreme w/120mm fan)
> Motherboard: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Video
> Card: EVGA 768-P2-N881-AR GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB GDDR3 PCI  
> Express x16
> HDCP
> Power Supply: Silverstone ST75F (modular) 750w
> CD/DVD: Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD+/-R DVD Burner with 12x DVD-RAM SATA
> RAM: OCZ (2x 1gb) DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel (SLI) - x2
>
> ...obviously, I'm not on a budget... but I think this box will
> definitely foot the bill for what I'm trying to do. (I'm building a
> Linux and Windows testing lab).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of wayy2be
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:04 AM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: [TriLUG] Need opinions for specs of a VM box
>
> Hi all,
>
>   I am wanting to purchase a desktop for my home that will be able to
> handle running 4 or more VM's so that I can set up a network and do
> labs. Which route would be the best to go in terms of ram, hd space  
> etc.
> I need help with the specs.  Thanks,
>
>   Rob
>
>
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