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1/6/10 at 6:06pm
They need to update it. Or else there's a "big-business" reason they put that there.

I just installed ESXi on a new Vostro 430 with Intel ICH10R and it's running fine. Got a puny datastore though, since it's running 2x80 in RAID-1. It's installing a Windows XP virtual machine... Comp's not for me, for a family member.

Now I need to restore the Acronis Image...
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post #22 of 26
1/6/10 at 6:09pm
Actually maybe the reason they put that there might be because the controller support is *very* limited... i.e. it's only limited to Intel ICH9 and ICH10 family.

If you're running a system with an AMD SB or nVidia nForce RAID controller, it's probably not supported. i.e. VMWare probably didn't program in support for those particular SATA RAID controllers. Easier to say that it's not supported than to say... Also JMicron controllers, Silicon Image controllers, etc etc. Probably too damn hard to include *all* of those other IDE / SATA RAID controllers.

Hard to say. But hey, it runs with Intel ICH10R. Maybe you can give it a shot before investing in a RAID card. Add a card later if the performance sucks
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1/6/10 at 6:09pm
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They need to update it. Or else there's a "big-business" reason they put that there.

I just installed ESXi on a new Vostro 430 with Intel ICH10R and it's running fine. Got a puny datastore though, since it's running 2x80 in RAID-1. It's installing a Windows XP virtual machine... Comp's not for me, for a family member.

Now I need to restore the Acronis Image...
Well I'm still going with the hardware raid card I think, I don't want to mickey mouse this project, I tried about a year ago to install it on this play server I threw together cheaply, unfortunately its an amd chipset and esxi won't install on it. We ran full ESX at the last place I worked but they were using a SAN array, I've never installed it on a "normal" pc yet heh.
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post #24 of 26
1/6/10 at 6:17pm
AMD... "Well there's your problem!"

For further (interesting) reading:
http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/04/04/vmw...sx-35-1008673/

You could always use another PC configured as an iSCSI target and then add an iSCSI datastore... I tried that for a while, but my power capabilities aren't quite up-to-datacenter standards, so I stopped using it (got nervous), and moved all my VMs to local datastore...

Let me know how your little project goes. I guess I'm spoiled. I got a great deal on a Dell PowerEdge T710 server for my little ESX project...
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post #25 of 26
1/6/10 at 6:32pm
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Originally Posted by ComGuards View Post
AMD... "Well there's your problem!"

For further (interesting) reading:
http://blog.vmpros.nl/2009/04/04/vmw...sx-35-1008673/

You could always use another PC configured as an iSCSI target and then add an iSCSI datastore... I tried that for a while, but my power capabilities aren't quite up-to-datacenter standards, so I stopped using it (got nervous), and moved all my VMs to local datastore...

Let me know how your little project goes. I guess I'm spoiled. I got a great deal on a Dell PowerEdge T710 server for my little ESX project...
Well it served its purpose at the time (only cost me around $300 and uses only 45w to 60w of power), I had centOS on it as the base OS to learn some linux server configuration, I installed vmware server on it, had my home network managed with a virtual untangle server, an ubuntu server virtual machine and a windows server 2k3 domain server setup. I was given the task of upgrading a site which was running server 2k to server 2k3. So I used the vm of 2k3 I setup to test domain policies etc. before I implemented them on the actual site. However now I'm interested in setting up a multi domain network with exchange etc. and the current hardware doesn't really have the power to handle something like that.
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post #26 of 26
1/6/10 at 9:39pm
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Well it served its purpose at the time (only cost me around $300 and uses only 45w to 60w of power), I had centOS on it as the base OS to learn some linux server configuration, I installed vmware server on it, had my home network managed with a virtual untangle server, an ubuntu server virtual machine and a windows server 2k3 domain server setup. I was given the task of upgrading a site which was running server 2k to server 2k3. So I used the vm of 2k3 I setup to test domain policies etc. before I implemented them on the actual site. However now I'm interested in setting up a multi domain network with exchange etc. and the current hardware doesn't really have the power to handle something like that.
Of course... I was just needling you about the AMD-bit . Unless you have an inheritance or some small fortune, you make do with what you can get your hands on. I'm still running Pentium3-based file servers

Have fun with the multi-domain setup. I have that and it can get really messy really quick. Actually I have a a nested-domain setup, along with an entirely separate domain... working with Active Directory Trusts

Haven't migrated to Exchange 2010 yet. I'm still trying to understand the hardware requirements, lol, and how to set it up. Still just running Exchange 2003 for now.


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