I am sharing the details of my vSphere 6 home lab for those of you interested in building a cheap but reasonable white box lab / setup.
I have 3 hosts running a combination of vSAN and NFS (Synology)
For the Network I am running 2 x CISCO Small business 300 series managed switches with multiple vLans
For the license keys… I am a vMUG Advantage user and I use my EVALexperiance keys… and to be honest it’s the best thing I ever did… so much better than rebuilding the vCenter and hosts each time the trial expires!
ESX HOST 1
Motherboard: ASUS P6T Deluxe v2
RAM: 4x Crucial (CT102464BD160B) 8GB DDR3 1600 Desktop RAM (1.35V/1.5V) (32GB RAM)
CPU: Core i7 920, Quad Core, 2.67 GHz
SSD: Transcend SSD220 TS120GSSD220S 120GB SATAIII SSD Solid State Drive
HDD: WD Red NAS 1TB WD10EFRX 64M SATA3
ESX HOST 2
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D Deluxe, Intel P55, LGA1156
RAM: 5x Crucial (CT102464BD160B) 8GB DDR3 1600 Desktop RAM (1.35V/1.5V) (40GB RAM)
CPU: Core i7 860, Quad Core, 2.80 GHz
SSD: Samsung SSD PB22-J MLC, 2.5 64GB
HDD: WD Red NAS 1TB WD10EFRX 64M SATA3
ESX HOST 3
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D Deluxe, Intel P55, LGA1156
RAM: 4x Crucial (CT102464BD160B) 8GB DDR3 1600 Desktop RAM (1.35V/1.5V) (32GB RAM)
CPU: Core i7 860, Quad Core, 2.80 GHz
SSD: Samsung SSD PB22-J MLC, 2.5 64GB
HDD: WD Red NAS 1TB WD10EFRX 64M SATA3
Nice setup! I just Opted for 3 X Intel NUC’s, a bit more power efficient I thought. Which Synology NAS do you use?
Thanks! I have the DS416 the poor man’s NAS! I skipped the NUC’s due to the drive limitation and I was able to source the i7s for a reasonable price.