<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Paul Cartwright <<a href="mailto:ale@pcartwright.com">ale@pcartwright.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div>I need a lab system that can support VMWare.. the Fryes AMD and my older Dell<br>
can't do 4 Gb memory, and I think I need at least 4 GB.. HD size isn't as muc<br>
as issue as memory/processor.. NOTE: lab system, not production.. If I could<br>
free up my existing lab box for other duties, like tribox.. that would be<br>
great.</blockquote><div><br>With RAM requirements over 4G, you will need to look at the 64-bit chip systems for best capabilities. If you can swing the cash, the AM2/AM2+ Opteron systems have the virtualization b its that make things like Xen fly. I'm sure VmWare supports that ability as well. I know the socket F Opterons also have that ability. Athlon 64 X2 Brisbane is their consumer grade dual-core chip with virtualization bits on the cores (AM2 socket chips).<br>
</div><div> </div></div>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III <br>