[TriLUG] Home lab setup recommendation
vikram sai balaji ulaganathan via TriLUG
trilug at trilug.org
Wed Jan 4 16:17:46 EST 2017
Thanks again. Appreciate your help. Will surely look at ESXi.
On Jan 4, 2017 3:44 PM, "Ron Kelley" <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> wrote:
> You should be able to run VMWare Workstation on your laptop if necessary.
> However, I would just run all VMs on your AMD box and use your laptop just
> for management. Per Brian's suggestion, use the VMWare HTML-5 client to
> manage the VMs (power on/off, modify settings, etc). Simply point your
> browser to the IP Address of the ESXi server and click the management
> button. Once the VM is running, connect to it via remote tool (VNC, ssh,
> etc).
>
> That said, the link I sent earlier suggested no one was able to get your
> NVidia card working properly in pass-through mode with ESXi (limitation on
> NVidia's part). I suggest you fully research that first before installing
> ESXi on your AMD box.
>
>
> On 1/4/2017 3:34 PM, vikram sai balaji ulaganathan wrote:
> > Thanks Matt and Ron.
> > I just saw that the ESXi vsphere hyperviser version and it recommends
> > 4gb min. So it would not fit my laptop. Ron just to confirm your
> > recommendation was to have VMware for the old laptop as well. Is that
> > correct?.
> >
> > On Jan 4, 2017 1:16 PM, "Ron Kelley via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org
> > <mailto:trilug at trilug.org>> wrote:
> >
> > What specifically do you mean by clustering? Are you trying to
> > share resources between the two devices in real time? Or, do you
> > plan on running a virtual machine on one (laptop) then move it to
> > your other (AMD) system? Given the two systems have unlike CPUs,
> > you can't move (in realtime) a VM between them. You can, however,
> > install VMWare Workstation on your Ubuntu system and copy the VM to
> > your AMD system later. Or, better yet, use an NFS mount to host
> > your VM files so the AMD and laptop systems can see the same VMs.
> >
> > As for your blender app, it sounds to me you need to put your NVidia
> > GT 610 GPU in "pass-through" mode to allow the VM to directly manage
> > it. If so, I suggest installing VMWare (ESXi or Workstation) on
> > your ADM box and pass the GPU directly to a VM. Look at this thread
> > here: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/469681?start=0&tstart=0
> > <https://communities.vmware.com/thread/469681?start=0&tstart=0>
> >
> > My suggestion: install ESXi on your AMD, create your VMs as
> > necessary, and control them via remote control (VNC, etc). For your
> > blender app, use the suggestion above to enable pass-thru mode. To
> > manage the VMs, use VMWare Workstation on your laptop and have it
> > connect to your ESXi server. VMWare workstation will happily
> > management remote VMs...
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/4/2017 12:47 PM, vikram sai balaji ulaganathan via TriLUG wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Available hardware:
> > >
> > > I have an old HP DV6700 laptop with intel core 2 duo 2.16 GHZ and
> > 3GB RAM.
> > > This has ubuntu in it.
> > >
> > > I also built a small desktop of AMD Athlon X4 860K (quad core) 3.7
> > GHZ with
> > > NVidia GT 610 graphics card. This has ubuntu as the primary os
> > while arch
> > > Linux is used when blender is needed.
> > >
> > > Requirement:
> > >
> > > Learning Blender:
> > >
> > > I wanted to learn blender and only Arch Linux was the best option
> > to enable
> > > proprietary cuda driver to speed up my rendering. So I have to be
> > > physically on my desktop to do the rendering. The problem is that
> my
> > > desktop is connected to my TV (Only TV at home) in the hall and I
> > have to
> > > be close enough to do all the work and it affects everyone else.
> > >
> > > I wanted to see if I can cluster the HP laptop and desktop and run
> > VM's on
> > > them.
> > >
> > > The idea is to use the laptop as a mini server to first create my
> > blender
> > > files with low resolution rendering and once I am satisfied with my
> > > changes, move it to the desktop and start the rendering there with
> > more
> > > fine tuning.
> > >
> > > Running DLNA & learning sys / app containers:
> > >
> > > Also I wanted to run dlna server on my laptop to save power. And
> > multiple
> > > VM's on my desktop to try different OS / servers, just to gain
> > experience
> > > in system and app containers.
> > >
> > > Questions:
> > >
> > > 1. Has anyone clustered two different architecture based machines
> and
> > > created servers as a home lab?
> > >
> > > I have seen videos of XenServer (Xen Project), Proxmox, Pelican
> HPC,
> > > OpenVZ, archivista.ch <http://archivista.ch> (did not work) &
> > bhyve. I have yet to understand
> > > clustering multiple architecture. I am a newbie when it comes to
> > clustering
> > > / home lab setup.
> > >
> > > 2. What would be your recommendation on servers at home and is
> > there a gui
> > > / web based software similar to proxmox or xen that I can use on my
> > > personal laptop (not the HP) to control their start / stop and
> > connections
> > > to VM's created in them.
> > >
> > > My primary preference will be free of charge software / one-time
> fee.
> > >
> > > Thanks to all in advance for your advice
> > >
> > > Vikram
> > >
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