Survival guide for the modern computing world
by Chris
i finally have the page somewhat setup the way i want. ironically it looks a lot like my wife’s new page www.c57studios.com figuring out all the php in wordpress has been a small challenge but im understanding more of it daily. look for some updates on the project pages, i need to move all my ESXi hardware build and setup notes into one central place.
-central place created. more work ahead.
by Chris
I recently purchase this 24 Bay Supermicro SuperChassis 846TQ-R900B from eBay for $400.00 Shipped.
Of course it came stocked with a Intel Xeon X3320 2.4ghz, 8gb of ram and a Supermicro PDSME+ motherboard, which I have no use for. I will be instead replacing this with:
Esxi 5.5
Intel Xeon E3-1245v3 $239.99
Supermicro X10SLH-F-0 $199.99
32 Gigs RAM Kingston ECC unbuffered $360.99
1 – Cache Drive – Kingston Digital 128GB SSDNow V300 – Amazon $70
2 – PNY Prevail Elite 120GB SSD – Newegg ($130 each) $260
4 – 2TB Hitachi 7K3000 (HGST) SAS SED 7200rpm – Link ($161.99 each) $648
1 – 4TB Hitachi (HGST) SATA NAS 7200rpm – Backup Image Drive – Newegg $199.99