Tag: home lab

Building the ESXi Boot Drive.

Building the ESXi Boot Drive.

With my new lab being built out for VMware vSphere 4.1, I took the opportunity to make the jump over to ESXi from ESX.  The ... Read More

Is my Server 64 Bit Compatible?

Is my Server 64 Bit Compatible?

While doing some recent beta testing (shhh), I realized that my lab is NOT 64 bit compatible.  :( I will have to do some searching ... Read More

ESX Home Lab on the Cheap II – The Free SAN!

Today, XtraVirt released a free iSCSI solution similar to LeftHand's Virtual SAN appliance.Dubbed the XVS, it allows ESX users to tap their unused local VMFS ... Read More

ESX Home Lab on the Cheap!

ESX Home Lab on the Cheap!

After running my lab on 2 Dell Poweredge 1500 SCs (the Electric Company's Best friend!), I decided to switch to the HP Compaq D530 Desktop ... Read More