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November 27th, 2013 08:00
Power Edge SC1420
Hi,
I was wondering if someone could give me an advice for this server. I am about to buy this for my training purposes. what I want to achieve is to set up this server and do some Hyper-V installation. I want to install server 2008 then install hyper-v role ( 2-3 virtual server ).
for I know hyper-v can be installed in x64 bit system and done a little research and this server was x64 bit capable. I just want to make sure that what I want to achieve is suitable for this server. I think this server has 2GB RAM.
please advice.
thanks - anthony
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DELL-Chris H
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November 27th, 2013 09:00
Lamynoht,
The SC1420 doesn't support 2008 or Hyper-v on the server. 2003 and linux are , but not 08 Hyper-V.
Let me know if this helps.
theflash1932
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November 27th, 2013 10:00
The processor might be 64-bit, but it does not support hardware-assisted virtualization (called VT - Virtualization Technology - on Intel procs), which is required for Hyper-V. The only virtualization you can do on this is ESXi 3.5, which does not require VT, but performance will suffer, you'll be limited to 32-bit virtual machines, and you'll need more than 2GB of RAM to run pretty much anything. You would be better off installing Hyper-V on a desktop or laptop than on this machine, unfortunately.
iamynoht
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November 27th, 2013 11:00
thank you so much for your input...really appreciate the heads-up.