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Here's what I'm going to do: | Here's what I'm going to do: | ||
* Upgrade the RAM. My Dell currently has 2GB RAM and it can take 4GB | * Upgrade the RAM. My [[Dell Inspiron 531]] currently has 2GB RAM and it can take 4GB. | ||
* Add two | * Add two 1TB drives to be setup as a single RAID1 1TB drive. | ||
* Run barebones Linux as the host OS, set up the disks using software RAID, and install [[VMware Workstation]] on top of that. | * Run barebones Linux as the host OS, set up the disks using software RAID, and install [[VMware Workstation]] on top of that. | ||
* Set up three VMs: | * Set up three VMs: | ||
** File server (256MB RAM, | ** File server (256MB RAM, 800GB data) running [[OpenFiler]]. | ||
** [[Ubuntu]] workstation | ** [[Ubuntu]] workstation | ||
** Windows workstation | ** Windows workstation | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 19 June 2009
I currently am using my old PIII machine stored in my closet as a file and print server. It's plenty of power for what I need, but it doesn't support SATA and other modern protocols, so I can't load it up with disk space. I was originally thinking about replacing it with a home NAS, but Justin Lin convinced me otherwise. He convinced me to virtualize my workstation (an Athlon machine) instead.
Here's what I'm going to do:
- Upgrade the RAM. My Dell Inspiron 531 currently has 2GB RAM and it can take 4GB.
- Add two 1TB drives to be setup as a single RAID1 1TB drive.
- Run barebones Linux as the host OS, set up the disks using software RAID, and install VMware Workstation on top of that.
- Set up three VMs:
This would be significantly cheaper, since I would only need one computer (not including laptop), both from hardware and power savings.
I still need to figure out what to do about my printer. I could either move my printer into my room, buy a wireless printer server, or buy a new wireless printer.
