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another VM Host setup - opinions?!

Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:24 am
by sgtfoo
So I'm getting really close to a new host PC to use as my VM hypervisor box, within which I will be running Amahi as a VM.

I'm stuck on decisions...

will have a M5a97 Asus mobo in it with 16GB of RAM initially (32GB soon after), plenty of drives and even 3 NICS.

I'm at a loss as to whether I should go for
1) Athlon II 620e (2.6Ghz x4, 45watts) ($89)
OR
2) Phenom II 1045T (2.7Ghz x6 95watts) ($99)

And note that the CPU is a temporary holdover until the next line of 8-core AMDs come out.

Anyone wanna weight in? opinions?!

Re: another VM Host setup - opinions?!

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:14 am
by ciscoh
since it is temporary, it does make it difficult......

i would still go with the extra cores and slightly better speed

Re: another VM Host setup - opinions?!

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:59 am
by sgtfoo
Yep went with the x6.


Anyone have any opinions on doing VMWare or Proxmox with the following rig?....

Phenom x6 2.7GHZ CPU
32GB RAM
7TB of HDD space (4-6 HDDs + 1x hypervisor OS drive)


I can't decide which hypervisor to use!

Re: another VM Host setup - opinions?!

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:56 pm
by ciscoh
well, free VMWare is limited to 4 cores.


to me, that makes the decision......

Re: another VM Host setup - opinions?!

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:34 pm
by bigfoot65
Yep. I personally like the features and functionality of Proxmox. It works quite well for my requirements.

Re: another VM Host setup - opinions?!

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:37 pm
by sgtfoo
well, free VMWare is limited to 4 cores.


to me, that makes the decision......
Except oddly enough you can do one core, with 6 threads. I'm doing it with ESXi within Workstation. I don't get it.

Might just do Proxmox then.

Re: another VM Host setup - opinions?!

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:16 pm
by apastor
I'd go promox as well.

Something your doing is what I would love to do. let us know how this all works out. I'm very curious

Re: another VM Host setup - opinions?!

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:05 pm
by sgtfoo
I'd go promox as well.

Something your doing is what I would love to do. let us know how this all works out. I'm very curious
what's stopping you? Any way we can help?

Re: another VM Host setup - opinions?!

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:12 pm
by apastor
Any way we can help?
Fill up my piggy bank :P

One day I will get there. Until then, I will live vicariously through your experience. :)

Re: another VM Host setup - opinions?!

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:28 am
by ciscoh
well, free VMWare is limited to 4 cores.


to me, that makes the decision......
Except oddly enough you can do one core, with 6 threads. I'm doing it with ESXi within Workstation. I don't get it.

Might just do Proxmox then.

If your still in the "trial" period, there are no restrictions