Saturday, December 6, 2008

esx 3i on fileserver

Ive got a fileserver sitting here that is doing nothing.. its too special too waste

fx60
dfi lanparty sli-dr expert
4gb ddr1
2tb on areca 1220

So i decided to put it to use and do a dual install of esx 3i and debian 4.0 r5 etchnhalf..

This gives me the functionality of using the full system from my desktop to run virtual machines from or get use of the 2tb as a NAS via the debian interface.. Debian is no slouch either as is able to run vmware virtual server and do nearly a good a job as esx.. obviously without the all the performance allocation options!

well its done minus the debian box.. still having a bit of problem with the install crashing at the end.. shall keep at it!

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