In January 2019 I did a review of the Shuttle SH370R6 (link ) using VMware ESXi. A couple of weeks ago the new Shuttle SH370R8 is released. The main differences between the Shuttle SH370R6 and SH370R8 are: Update October 19, 2020: Supports up to 128 GB of RAM! Memory compatibility list: link Ready …
Continue ReadingFor my home lab I bought a 6th generation Intel NUC. The Intel NUC has following specifications: Intel NUC6i3SYH Intel i3-6100u (Skylake) 2.3 GHz Dual Core, 3 MB cache, 15W TDP 2 memory slots for DDR4-2133 SODIMM memory, maximum is 32 GB memory Intel HD Graphics 520 GPU Intel I219-V Gigabit network …
Continue ReadingLast month I extended my VMware ESXi and Hyper-V home lab with a Samsung 950 Pro SSD. The Samsung 950 Pro SSD is the next-gen SSD that has the following characteristics: Uses V-NAND memory and the Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVME) protocol. This takes away the 600 MBps bandwidth limit with the SATA …
Continue ReadingIn an earlier blog post (found here ) I mentioned that it is time for a new homebrew whitebox based on the Intel X79 chipset. With the X79 chipset it is possible to install 64GB of memory (8 x 8 GB). Because the 8 GB DIMMs are expensive on the moment, I decided to use 8 x 4GB DIMMs (total 32GB). I …
Continue ReadingWhen using a whitebox lab environment at home and like to test for example vSphere 5, vCloud Director, VMware View and MS Hyper-V (nested in VMware vSphere you need a lot of processor power and memory. In almost all whitebox lab environment the processor power is not the problem but the amount of …
Continue ReadingIf you want a low power consumption whitebox motherboard to run some VMs that are not resource intensive the Asus E35M1-M PRO Zacate motherboard is an option. It has an AMD E-350 dual core 1,6 GHz processor with passive cooling, onboard graphics, max 8GB memory support, onboard LAN and 5x SATA 6 …
Continue ReadingFor my home lab i was looking for a home server with NAS functionality. My current Iomega IX2 (2x500GB) NAS is replaced by this server. For this server I had the following requirements Low power consumption (24x7) Low noise Flexibly and room to expand with extra hard drive(s),hardware RAID and a NIC …
Continue ReadingA couple of weeks ago my desktop PC died, so my girlfriend could not read there e-mail. I decide to turn my OLD VMware ESX test server into a Microsoft Vista workstation and buy a new whitebox. After searching the internet and comparing components, I found the following configuration: CoolerMaster …
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