Subj : Re: Homelabbin'
To   : vorlon
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Dec 13 2022 06:58:00

-=> vorlon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 vo> The only reason for not trying it, is that I have no need at home!
 vo> (Plus my main VM server is still on ESXi 6). I make sure all the VM's
 vo> have backup's going back at least a week. SSD's for the VM's, hd's for
 vo> the NAS/Backup's, Via VTX-D to the controller.

I use vSphere at work; I would have loved to run it at home, but the 
hardware requirements are strict. I had some server hardware supported under 
6.0 that wasn't that old, but wasn't supported by 6.5 - and hardware that 
was supported by 6.5 not supported by 7.0.

I've got my new lab server up and running, and migrated all of my VMs to the 
new server last night. Got NUT working so my new server will shut down when 
the UPS goes on battery, and this afternoon I'm planning on swapping them 
out.

Old:
i7-6600u CPU (2.6ghz, 2 cores, 4 threads)
16 GB RAM
500 GB SATA SSD
1x gigabit ethernet

New:
i5-6500 CPU (3.2ghz, 4 cores, 4 threads)
32 GB RAM
1 TB nvme SSD
2x gigabit ethernet

As much as the new system will be a nice speed bump, I'm going to miss my 
old laptop. I bought it as parts-only and it's been running for a couple of 
years now without a hitch.




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