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    Spec'ing a new workstation rig for my office

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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch
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      I recently dropped a SSD in my desktop and it now flies right along. I would go with this:

      @Hubtech said:

      sounds like you should just get a workstation (vanilla) and a esxi host.

      I am still trying to get some gear for my office to have for testing. but no money for it and no used gear has fell in my lap yet.

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        A Former User @JaredBusch
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        @JaredBusch said:

        I recently dropped a SSD in my desktop and it now flies right along. I would go with this:

        @Hubtech said:

        sounds like you should just get a workstation (vanilla) and a esxi host.

        I am still trying to get some gear for my office to have for testing. but no money for it and no used gear has fell in my lap yet.

        Dude, I picked up some g5 dual quad xeon's for under 200 each. ebay bay bay

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @A Former User
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          @Hubtech said:

          @JaredBusch said:

          I recently dropped a SSD in my desktop and it now flies right along. I would go with this:

          @Hubtech said:

          sounds like you should just get a workstation (vanilla) and a esxi host.

          I am still trying to get some gear for my office to have for testing. but no money for it and no used gear has fell in my lap yet.

          Dude, I picked up some g5 dual quad xeon's for under 200 each. ebay bay bay
          are you talking HP server?

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          • alexntgA
            alexntg
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            If you're considering running multiple VMs on your computer rather than running them on a server, you're going to need more IOPS. Consider using an SSD for a system drive and perhaps some tiered storage, such as Windows Storage Spaces, for your VM and data volume.

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              technobabble
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              Thanks @alexntg

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                Use SSD no matter what. Best investment for a desktop.

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                  technobabble @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  Use SSD no matter what. Best investment for a desktop.

                  The last SSD I used died a horrible death 2 months ago. It was less than a year old. Many times a day it would show 100% disk usage and my PC would come to a crawl. I am guessing that I just had a lemon.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    We've been essentially all in SSD for years now. Haven't lost one yet. No issues at all. They've been amazing.

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                    • alexntgA
                      alexntg @technobabble
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                      @technobabble said:

                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      Use SSD no matter what. Best investment for a desktop.

                      The last SSD I used died a horrible death 2 months ago. It was less than a year old. Many times a day it would show 100% disk usage and my PC would come to a crawl. I am guessing that I just had a lemon.

                      In that case, perhaps SSD system drive in RAID1

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        SSD are okay in RAID 5 too.

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                        • alexntgA
                          alexntg @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          SSD are okay in RAID 5 too.

                          RAID5 SSDs seem a bit overkill for a system drive.

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                            technobabble
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                            @alexntg
                            I was also looking to make my "desktop" a VM as well running on Hyper-V. I wanted to be able to test out backing up VM's and other cool stuff I read on ML.

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                            • alexntgA
                              alexntg
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                              In that case, someone's prior suggestion of a basic workstation and an ESXi host would be the way to go. Don't use Hyper-V.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @alexntg
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                                @alexntg said:

                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                SSD are okay in RAID 5 too.

                                RAID5 SSDs seem a bit overkill for a system drive.

                                So does RAID 1 🙂

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @alexntg
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                                  @alexntg said:

                                  In that case, someone's prior suggestion of a basic workstation and an ESXi host would be the way to go. Don't use Hyper-V.

                                  HyperV has an option for a VM with direct access with a local console.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    @alexntg said:

                                    In that case, someone's prior suggestion of a basic workstation and an ESXi host would be the way to go. Don't use Hyper-V.

                                    HyperV has an option for a VM with direct access with a local console.

                                    That makes it a much better solution for a small home lab than ESXi

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                                    • alexntgA
                                      alexntg @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      @alexntg said:

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      SSD are okay in RAID 5 too.

                                      RAID5 SSDs seem a bit overkill for a system drive.

                                      So does RAID 1 🙂

                                      The OP expressed concern about their SSD failing. RAID1 would alleviate that. I don't see the justification of the third drive's cost.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                                        @Dashrender said:

                                        @scottalanmiller said:

                                        @alexntg said:

                                        In that case, someone's prior suggestion of a basic workstation and an ESXi host would be the way to go. Don't use Hyper-V.

                                        HyperV has an option for a VM with direct access with a local console.

                                        That makes it a much better solution for a small home lab than ESXi

                                        If on a desktop, yes.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @alexntg
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                                          @alexntg said:

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          @alexntg said:

                                          @scottalanmiller said:

                                          SSD are okay in RAID 5 too.

                                          RAID5 SSDs seem a bit overkill for a system drive.

                                          So does RAID 1 🙂

                                          The OP expressed concern about their SSD failing. RAID1 would alleviate that. I don't see the justification of the third drive's cost.

                                          Potentially smaller, cheaper drives.

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                                          • alexntgA
                                            alexntg @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            @alexntg said:

                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            @alexntg said:

                                            @scottalanmiller said:

                                            SSD are okay in RAID 5 too.

                                            RAID5 SSDs seem a bit overkill for a system drive.

                                            So does RAID 1 🙂

                                            The OP expressed concern about their SSD failing. RAID1 would alleviate that. I don't see the justification of the third drive's cost.

                                            Potentially smaller, cheaper drives.

                                            It's the system drive, not a data drive. A basic 120GB drive would work just fine.

                                            Edit: Besides, by the time you get a RAID5 card installed, it'd overshoot the cost of the drive.

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