Charles Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I'm currently running 3-4 VMs on my file server using Vbox. Said file server only has a Pentium Dual Core 2.93 GHz CPU with 4 GB of RAM. It's bogging it down big time. Anyway, I was thinking about getting a server, probably running a Quad core, just to host Virtual machines. I'm open to suggestions, I've got a couple other machines here, but the only ones that are capable of Intel VT are the server and my main desktop. I want all the Virtual machines consolidated if possible. This is for home use, as well. I don't think that I'll be running virtual machines much after I get my damned MS cert done, but I really don't know.. cuz I'm not a fortune teller. :P Thoughts, ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 AMD quad cores are cheap, the entire line supports VT (only select Intel models do) and the performance is quite nice. Just get 8GB+ of RAM and a 1TB WD Black Edition and your sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 That's VaKo. Do you think 16GB of RAM would be overkill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Always max it out, makes the machine more viable in years to come. But don't buy fancy pants overclockers RAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) I was thinking that DDR3 800 would work fine. (if I could find it) EDIT: 4GB sticks of RAM are freaking expensive - 300 bucks for 2 x 4GB sticks. Sheesh! It is starting to sound like getting a cheap dell server might be worthwhile.. cheaper at least. Edited March 10, 2010 by Charles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) I am currently running 2 VMs on my Xp box, with a 10.000RPM HDD and 8 Gigs of ram in total and an Intel Quad Core CPU running at 2.8 GHZ. I think you will be better off with a faster CPU and lots of ram just to keep the VMs running happily. I personally don't like Dells, I never had a good experience with Dells, but that is just me. Alternately you could do a search for computer parts online, and build a cheap and fast system for just over $1000.00 dollars. But if your budget is tight, I guess Dell will do just fine. Edited April 6, 2010 by Infiltrator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.