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Minimal hardware to run Vshere at low cost

Please what is the minimal hardware i need to run Vsphere of about 4 VMware Esxi at low cost ? Does Vsphere have free or trial version?

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NIYIOKE

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It is for lab

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

If it's for a lab, have you considered this:-

see my EE Article

HOW TO: Set up a lab environment for vSAN using VMware Workstation

Davy Paridaens

Hi Niyioke

Here you have the HCL list:
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/pdf/vi_systems_guide.pdf

If you plan to make a test witebox (not for production)
http://www.vm-help.com/esx40i/esx40_whitebox_HCL.php

Please use recomended Hardware by Vmware, if you have a problem it wil be solved better.

Things to focus on:

CPU with VT-x/AMD-v
compatible raid controller
compatible NIC

dont count on workarounds becouse it could bewhiped in the next upgrade :D

grtz,

Davy

gheist

Intel, tyan, msi motherboards are on HCL

NIYIOKE

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ok. I am building a budget. I heard of shuttle Barebone. Do you know about it? It costs a bit lower, about 350 pounds. Im exploring that when i get cash enough.

gheist

For ESXi6 - Asus, Gigabyte,Supermicro are on HCL so far (imagein - no Intel server boards)

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

How about the HP ProLiant MicroServer Generation 8.0 ?

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