Advice for Lab setup/recommendations

I'm going to jump in first by stating it is against the Apple EULA, to run Mac OS X on non-Apple Hardware, and because it's against the Apple EULA, it cannot be discussed here on Experts Exchange.

The first thing i would mention about the Dell RackMount Server, there are very noisy and costly to run when it comes to electricity.

But if you are happy with the electrical cost and noise, there is sufficient memory and processors to build a lab, check the Processors are compatible with either VMware vSphere (ESXi) or Microsoft Hyper-V.

ESXi is free, and there is Hyper-V which is also free.

Also remember that these units are non standard Dell units, that were manaufactured by Dell for specific OEM customer requirements, so you will not see them listed and supported on the Dell website.

So could you recommend a server for me please?

Based on what criteria, noise, size, electricity, budget, support ?

I can recommend a server, but do you have £15,000 ?

I have a very low budget hence why i suggested the FS12-NV7 2U Rackmount server Dual AMD Quadcore with 64GB RAM for around £185.

Apart from the noise and electricity bill do you think its good enough?

Could you recommend anything at that price?

Thanks

Thank you Andrew

You've been very helpful today