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Will a Dell PowerEdge 2950 work well with ESX?
There is a Dell PowerEdge 2950 that I have & I am looking for a test bed to start learning ESX. Here is the specs of this unit:
1 NR941 Overpack Kit, 3R2S, Eolas Technologies Inc., English
1 H6183 Printed Wiring Assy, Riser Server, Server Chassis, DELL PE2950, PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS ..., LEFT...
1 FC554 Printed Wiring Assy Input/output, CD-INTRPSR, PE2950
1 NC074 Assembly, Cable, CDROM-SIDEPLANE
1 KC411 Assembly, Cable SASX4-PERC5X4-X4BKPLN
1 RP272 Assembly, Card, PERC5I, Serial Attached Scsi, 1950, 2950
1 PC035 Assembly, Cable, FLOPPY-PLNR
1 PR265 Kit, Documentation/Compact Diskette, DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL..., V5.1, WORLD WIDE...
1 0R215 Cord, Power, 15A, 125V, 10, 5-15/C13
1 GG460 Kit, Strain Relief, Cable, Power
1 FC475 Assembly, Cable, Control, Panel Sideplane
1 WM766 PRINTED WIRING ASSY..., Backplane, SERVER, SERVER CHASSIS..., Dell2950 3.5X4SAS
1 Y8132 Power Supply, 750W, Redundant Delta Products
1 YF441 Assembly, Cable, INPUT/OUTPUT..., 1FT, USB-PS2SV
8 D7538 Dual In-line Memory Module 512, 533M, 64X72, 8, 240, 1RX8
1 FG027 Card, Backplane, Key, TOE, 2PORT Enterprise Systems Group
1 MH181 Assembly, Printed Wiring Assy Planar, Mitac Inc, PE2950
1 TJ650 Processor, 80556K, Xeon Woodcrest, 5130, LGA771, Burn 2
1 TJ650 Processor, 80556K, Xeon Woodcrest, 5130, LGA771, Burn 2
4 UX837 Hard Drive, 160G, S2, 7.2K, 3.5 WD-HAWK
1 PD438 Assembly, COMPACT DISK READ WRITE/DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE COMBO..., 650M Hitachi LG Data Storage, Black
1 N8360 Assembly, Floppy Drive, 3.5 inches Form Factor, Controller /No Cable, NEC CORPORATION..., BLACK..., LEAD FREE...
It has 4 gb ram only also.
As stated above it will be for my in-house lab. Curious to see if this is powerful enough to get into or should I look for another candidate?
Of course I would up the ram but what else is suggested?
Thanks fellas
1 NR941 Overpack Kit, 3R2S, Eolas Technologies Inc., English
1 H6183 Printed Wiring Assy, Riser Server, Server Chassis, DELL PE2950, PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT EXPRESS ..., LEFT...
1 FC554 Printed Wiring Assy Input/output, CD-INTRPSR, PE2950
1 NC074 Assembly, Cable, CDROM-SIDEPLANE
1 KC411 Assembly, Cable SASX4-PERC5X4-X4BKPLN
1 RP272 Assembly, Card, PERC5I, Serial Attached Scsi, 1950, 2950
1 PC035 Assembly, Cable, FLOPPY-PLNR
1 PR265 Kit, Documentation/Compact Diskette, DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL..., V5.1, WORLD WIDE...
1 0R215 Cord, Power, 15A, 125V, 10, 5-15/C13
1 GG460 Kit, Strain Relief, Cable, Power
1 FC475 Assembly, Cable, Control, Panel Sideplane
1 WM766 PRINTED WIRING ASSY..., Backplane, SERVER, SERVER CHASSIS..., Dell2950 3.5X4SAS
1 Y8132 Power Supply, 750W, Redundant Delta Products
1 YF441 Assembly, Cable, INPUT/OUTPUT..., 1FT, USB-PS2SV
8 D7538 Dual In-line Memory Module 512, 533M, 64X72, 8, 240, 1RX8
1 FG027 Card, Backplane, Key, TOE, 2PORT Enterprise Systems Group
1 MH181 Assembly, Printed Wiring Assy Planar, Mitac Inc, PE2950
1 TJ650 Processor, 80556K, Xeon Woodcrest, 5130, LGA771, Burn 2
1 TJ650 Processor, 80556K, Xeon Woodcrest, 5130, LGA771, Burn 2
4 UX837 Hard Drive, 160G, S2, 7.2K, 3.5 WD-HAWK
1 PD438 Assembly, COMPACT DISK READ WRITE/DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE COMBO..., 650M Hitachi LG Data Storage, Black
1 N8360 Assembly, Floppy Drive, 3.5 inches Form Factor, Controller /No Cable, NEC CORPORATION..., BLACK..., LEAD FREE...
It has 4 gb ram only also.
As stated above it will be for my in-house lab. Curious to see if this is powerful enough to get into or should I look for another candidate?
Of course I would up the ram but what else is suggested?
Thanks fellas
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