ESXi Build Part 1: Review of Dell PowerEdge T710.

[devan12100]

Uhhh...I don't see any other videos :P

[fredferrell]

@devan12100

I have just ordered a Dell R310 and will be continuing the series from there.

[1zacster]

Can it be used as a personal computer? I'm talking about running windows AND osx at the same time while playing crysis on the windows :P

[fredferrell]

@1zacster , You wouldn't want to spend the money it costs for this server to play games, but to answer your question, yes you could. I would recommend that you find a video card that works with the PCI pass-through, so you can get the performance needed.

[1zacster]

@fredferrell So dual dons with 64gb ram split 'down the middle' can run multiple os at the same time?

[fredferrell]

@1zacster , Are you talking about running the OS directly on the memory?

[1zacster]

@fredferrell More like they are both running at the same time and I hit idk hold ctrl Alt insert then it switches between the different os, like if a video is playing it pauses and possibly have one xeon and one HDD dedicated to each os but ram is just divided equally? Probably be a coding nightmare

[ady7970]

"2 1/2 inch drives, very basic"

They are very advanced drives actually. Enterprise level SAS drives are not very basic :-)

[fredferrell]

@ady7970 , Don't get me wrong, they are advanced, but when you deal with SSDs, the regular "spinning" drives seem less exciting.

[ollie062]

Hey thanks for the video .. .love this server

Omg I'm such a geek :D

[mo7senses]

fred - as you're expert on dell servers, I need your quick opinion and advise on this. can we replace SAS HDD with SATA without changing the RAID controller card. I have Dell poweredge T410 with Raid 1 and i want to replace both SAS with SATA with SATA. so is that possible.

let me know

TIA

[fredferrell]

@mo7senses , Are they 3.5 inch drives?

[mo7senses]

@fredferrell

Yes, they both are 3.5 inches SAS and i want to replace them with 3.5 inches SATA. Also if im not wrong SATA doesn't comes in 2.5 inches category, except laptops....

[fredferrell]

@mo7senses

I always ask for clarification, but to answer your question... There shouldn't be any issues with you changing out the hard drives to SATA. May I ask why you are changing out the drives though. SAS are usually better performing and more reliable than SATAs.

[mo7senses]

@mo7senses

Thanks fred - well, SAS are quite expensive and as i've to expand the storage upto 2TB so I decided to switch to SATA. Indeed there will be difference between SAS and SATA performance but again I've to be focused on budget. \

Thanks for your advice Mate! Do you also have knowledge on SUN SPARC M9000 series servers?

[fredferrell]

@mo7senses

I am familiar with them, but never installed one.

[basmagic]

why not using a rack server?

[fredferrell]

@basmagic , Sometimes you don't have total control of the environment where a server sits and this form factor provides that buffer.

[TheContego]

Nice, how's this server running for you now?

[fredferrell]

@TheContego I am sure it is running great. I moved to a new company and still build the same ones without any issues. I would recommend that when you purchase, get the SD card reader seperately so you don't have to pay for the high end support. You can still download the software off their website.

[HunterGregorySr]

MONSTER SYSTEM!

Thanks for the post.