Hardware Choice

​I'm currently looking at the following machines one is a tower the other is rack server. ​

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​Dell Precision T7500 WorkStation​

​Intel Xeon Quad Core 2.66Ghz​

​Intel X5550 Processor 8MB L3 Smart Cache​

​DVD Burner Drive​

​24Gig DDR3 RAM (Support up to 192Gb RAM) 6 X 4GB​

​1Tb 7.2K SATA 3.5" Hard Drive​

​nVidia Quadro FX580 Video Card​

​DVD Drive​

​2 X Gigabit Network 10/100/1000​

​Full Size 4U Tower machine​

​Dell PowerEdge 2950 III Server ​

​2 X Intel Xeon Quad Core 3.0Ghz E5450​

​32GB RAM DDR2 PC5300​

​2 X 1Tb 7.2K SATA Hard Drives​

​DVD ROM Drive​

​2 X Gigabit Network 10/100/1000​

​2 X Redundant Power Supplies​

​2U Rackmount Size​

​My primary use for this machine is to use Cisco VIRL a simulation program below are some guidlines. My secondary use will be used to a home server for backup and storage.​

​The key factor for determining memory is to determine the number of virtual devices (nodes) that you want to simulate. This should be based on a cumulative number:​
​- Number of concurrently active simulations and the sizing of the topologies​
​- Types of nodes that users can activate, for example, Cisco IOS or IOS XRv Software, and so forth​
​As a guide, following are the general memory requirements for supported virtual images:​
​- Virtual Cisco IOS Software requires 512 MB of memory to run each node.​
​- Cisco CSR 1000V requires 3 GB of memory to run each.​
​- Cisco IOS XRv Software requires 3 GB of memory to run each node.​
​- Cisco NX-IOS Software requires appox 4 GM of memory to run each node.​