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Time to build our next home office server. <BR>
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We have usually used IBM Netvista off-lease, bought two new drives and mirrored them, and stuff it full of RAM. <BR>
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This time I'm trying for a fast dual core 64 bit system with good cooling for two drives and maybe 4-8GB RAM, but would like to get a decent video card that can support dual head. <BR>
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I'm thinking of running VMware ESXi 4.1 and Centos on top of that, along with whatever other VMs I need to load. <BR>
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Graphics support needn't be gaming fast; just hi resolution. (1920x1080 is probably fine.) This is a database development and general office linux machine for me and my partner. <BR>
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My dollar target is around $300, or the top end of the TigerDirect off-lease systems. <BR>
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Any recommendations on stuff that "just works", as opposed to stuff that has problems with linux and VMware? <BR>
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Also, any thoughts on mirroring? Fedora and Ubuntu handled software drive mirroring pretty simply at install time. Can VMware do that transparently for its Virtual machines?<BR>
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Neal <BR>
MNOP Ltd<BR>
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