VMware Fast Track Lab

macboy81macboy81 Member Posts: 34 ■■■□□□□□□□
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Im booked on to the VMware vSphere: Fast Track v6.0 course in March. I want to prepare myself and also begin to study towards VCP6-DCV. What spec home lab pc will I need to practice everything to pass the course. I have been looking at the Apple Mac Mini i7 or intel NUC i7. Would this be enough or would i need full case with multiple network cards.
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  • macboy81macboy81 Member Posts: 34 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I think this is what I will go with and just add another network card

    Intel Core i7-6700K 4GHz Socket 1151 £299.99

    MSI Z170M Mortar Socket LGA 1151 mATX Motherboard £98.99

    HyperX Fury Black (4x8GB) 32GB 2133MHz DDR4 £124.47

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    EVGA Supernova 750W Fully Modular 80+ Gold Power Supply £90.99

    Corsair Hydro H110i GT HP 280mm Liquid CPU Cooler £99.99

    I was looking at a Supermicro MBD-X11SSH-LN4F-O Motherboard but couldnt find UK supplier
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  • jibbajabbajibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□
    That's overkill. If you are in the UK go to carbohydrate.co.uk and spec up a T5500 ... You got like 2-3 for the saMe price
    My own knowledge base made public: http://open902.com :p
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  • DeathmageDeathmage Banned Posts: 2,496
    $299 - Dell R610 with two sockets and 32 GB's of RAM.

    Dell PowerEdge R610 Virtualization 8 Core Server 32GB 4X8GB 2x146GB PERC6 Idrac | eBay

    You can order a few extra hard drives and still have saved mulla. icon_smile.gif
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  • kj0kj0 Member Posts: 767
    jibbajabba wrote: »
    If you are in the UK go to carbohydrate.co.uk and spec up a T5500
    Must be geoblocked. I get a domain name enquiry page. :)
    2017 Goals: VCP6-DCV | VCIX
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  • macboy81macboy81 Member Posts: 34 ■■■□□□□□□□
    lol thanks but that beast is way too noisy for my spare bedroom
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  • macboy81macboy81 Member Posts: 34 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Thanks but the links dead icon_sad.gif
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  • Mike7Mike7 Member Posts: 1,107 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Not sure if you are aware.

    vSphere is only supported on certain hardware. You may have problems getting it to recognize your home PC SATA disk and network card, and will need to customize your install ISO. Google for the steps.
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  • jdancerjdancer Member Posts: 482 ■■■■□□□□□□
    If you are not set on getting physical hardware, nested virtualization is an option. I strongly suggest using a big SSD (512GB+) and lots of RAM (32GB+).

    I am using nested virtualization with no problems on a home-built PC.
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  • macboy81macboy81 Member Posts: 34 ■■■□□□□□□□
    jdancer wrote: »
    If you are not set on getting physical hardware, nested virtualization is an option. I strongly suggest using a big SSD (512GB+) and lots of RAM (32GB+).

    I am using nested virtualization with no problems on a home-built PC.

    Thanks I was going to go down this route but the pc I have at present wont take that much RAM
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  • macboy81macboy81 Member Posts: 34 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Mike7 wrote: »
    Not sure if you are aware.

    vSphere is only supported on certain hardware. You may have problems getting it to recognize your home PC SATA disk and network card, and will need to customize your install ISO. Google for the steps.


    Thanks i know i might need to inject drivers into custom iso to get some bits to work with vSphere.
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  • GBAKER2204GBAKER2204 Member Posts: 91 ■■■□□□□□□□
    jibbajabba wrote: »
    That's overkill. If you are in the UK go to carbohydrate.co.uk and spec up a T5500 ... You got like 2-3 for the saMe price

    It seems that that site is no longer functional. It's a shame as I was curious to know what sort of prices the T5500's would be available for.
    WIP: 2017 - VCP6.5-DCV (Achieved), VCAP6-DCV, Citrix CCA-V
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