Saturday, April 18, 2009

Computer porn


2xIntel Xeon E5410 Harpertown 2.33GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 771 80W Quad-Core Processorhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117150$590
1xSUPERMICRO MBD-X7DCL-I Dual LGA 771 Intel 5100 ATX Server Motherboardhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182146$300
6xKingston 4GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Server Memoryhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134835$504
5xWestern Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drivehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136296$900
1xAthena Power AP-P4ATX85FE 20+4Pin 850W Single ATX12V & EPS12V Power Supplyhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104126$155
1xSILVERSTONE KUBLAI Series KL03-B Black 2.5mm aluminum front door, 0.8mm SECC body ATX Full Tower Computer Casehttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811163100$155

...yields an 8-core, 24GB monster capable of hosting 10 VMs comfortably for $2600.

1 comment:

Vadik said...

Nice, nice. Now, could you also include a LINK from newegg.com to s/w you would recommend to install, including these 10 VMs :-) and update a bottom line. :-) Like, IMHO, h/w without a s/w is pretty much useless. Also, with your top pick of s/w, how would you recommend install and configure it? How long will it take to install? Do you need any security s/w ( A/V?). Also, how fast you assemble this monster from parts.
Also, please, no MSFT prices. I would like to see a true cost.

Nice extra would be mention how you monitor this system and how you hook it up to Internet or WAN ( one card?) directly/hub e.t.c. I assume you use remote desktop, but how you power cycle this system? Any means to re-start VM that is stack?

How H/D should be connected/formated/shared ?

How redandance is working?

Backup?
Archival?
Restore?

If system is down, how long it takes to put it back on-line?

You see where I am going: Total price and time ( cost as well) for such system. This is probably more questions that you can cover in a few posts :-)