I decided to test out VMWare's ESXi server 4.1. I got the install on a cd, setup my usb cd-rom drive, and got it all loaded without much trouble at all. Then I found out that the hard drives are setup as 4 seperate hard drives. No RAID setup at all...so I will be resetting that when I get back to Potlatch. (I am at a conference in Boise for the week.)
But since I have remote access to the server while at my conference, why not test out some of the settings and setup a Windows XP and Windows Server Core 2008x64 virtual machines.
Windows XP was no problem at all. Although I found out that Windows XP defaults to an IDE hard drive setup. Well apparently you can't change the size of an IDE hard drive. You can change the size of a SCSI hard drive. But you can convert an IDE drive to SCSI, change the size and then change it back to IDE. (How To)
Needless to say, I will now be using SCSI drives only!
More information about my official server setup will follow when I get back to town and setup the RAID. I will post any new information that I find and figure out as I continue to setup my server.
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