[ale] R&D server for VMware ESX?

[Shane McKinley]

It is CPU specific, you'll have to refer to intel's site on the specific
CPU. I am running ESX right now without virtualization optimization
turned on.

Shane 

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Freemyer [mailto:greg.freemyer at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:02 PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] R&D server for VMware ESX?

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
>
>> ie. Buying a Dell, etc. would be ideal
>>
>> Does anyone have experience running a low-end server with ESX.  Does 
>> it really require a dual-cpu.
>
> Right now, the upgrade to a dual-core chip is free on the PowerEdge 
> T100, T105, and SC440. Those are all < $400.
>
> -Brian

I forgot to ask about hardware VT (virtual technology) support.

Not sure if ESX requires it or not but I think it would be good to have
on VM test platform.

It appears the CPU on the T105 has VT support, but I don't know about
the BIOS.

Does anyone know how Dell handles that now.  ie. Is in all their BIOSes
just waiting to be enabled, or is it only in their bigger servers?

Thanks
Greg
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