BYOB Episode 70
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Gaming build, VM build, and VM philosophy. Tonight we talk to Paul Braren (aka: tinkererguy on the forums) about two of his builds. We also cover some details on ESXi as well as a general discussion on VMs. A special thanks to Paul for joining us and sharing his builds. As always, please let us know if there is something you would like to hear about on the show.
Core i7 / Z68 Motherboard Projects:
Get started with a overview of gZilla (gaming) and vZilla (virtualization) rigs here:
Read all the details at:
http://tinkertry.com/gzillacompleted
Virtualizing
We talked about CPU and motherboard choices, and the rationale behind those choices, over here:
tinkertry.com/rationaleforvzilla
We dove into why 3 RAID5 “baskets” of storage, and watt burn comparisons, over here:
tinkertry.com/vzillastoragereasoning
We also discussed having all the right parts for the project (fancy RAID optional), such as the detailed list outlined here, which will maximize your chance of success:
tinkertry.com/vzilla
Here’s a reference reading list, for those more advanced users interested in giving virtualization a try themselves:
Here’s the step-by-step install of ESXi 5.0:
tinkertry.com/esxi5install
Next, how to install a Virtual Machine, step-by-step:
tinkertry.com/whs2011inesxi
If you have a CPU and motherboard that allows vmdirectpath, you can read exactly how to enable it here:
http://tinkertry.com/usb3passthru
In case you still need more, all of Tinkertry.com‘s virtualization-related articles:
tinkertry.com/category/alltopics/computer/virtualization
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Category: BYOB, Windows Home Server
Yes I am a little behind on my podcast listening, but I was interested in the USB pass through discussion. My new server is a 2008R2 box with HyperV enabled. One of the VM's is my stateside 2011 server. The host has an external 1TB USB attached that is passed through to the 2011 server as backup, Works fine.
The way I listened to the podcast was that people were having issues doing this….is this correct?