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I've decided to reduce a bit my home lab. I have too many hardware. Here is a list:

Two ESXi Hosts

2 Hosts based on SuperMicro motherboards with IPMI support.

Each host has:

64 Gb DDR4 RAM
1 CPU (Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3)
Some SSD storage for VSAN

So you can basically take those hosts and install VMware vSAN. You'll need the third host for the Witness, which can run as a VM.

PartList:

Motherboard: The X10SRH-CLN4F :

Single socket R3 (LGA 2011) supports Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v3 and E5-1600 v3 family
Intel C612 chipset to manage SATA storage – 10x SATA3 (6Gbps)
Up to 512GB ECC DDR4 2133MHz LRDIMM – 8x DIMM slots (512 Gb RAM with 8x 64Gb mem sticks)
1 PCI-E 3.0 x4 (in x8), 1 PCI-E 3.0 x8 (in x16), 2 PCI-E 3.0 x8, 1 PCI-E 2.0 x2 (in x4), 1 PCI-E 2.0 x4 (in x8)
Intel i350-AM4 Quad port GbE LAN
8x SAS3 (12Gbps) via LSI 3008 SW controller; RAID 0, 1, 10
1x VGA, 2x COM, 1x TPM
4x USB 3.0 ports, 8x USB 2.0 ports
2x SuperDOM with built-in power
Intelligent Platform Management Interface v.2.0 (IPMI 2.0) with virtual media over LAN and KVM-over-LAN support

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3

Intel Xeon E5-2630L v3 – 8 cores, 1.8 GHZ (55W TDP)

Note: The CPU has also a Noctua cooler.

Noctua i4 CPU Cooler for Intel Xeon CPU_ LGA2011, 1356 and 1366 Platforms NH-U12DXi4 (support the Narrow ILM socket)

The hosts do not heat up at all (due to low power CPUs) and are very silent.

Power Supply (PSU) FSP Aurum

FSP Group 550W Modular Cable Power Supply 80 PLUS Platinum AURUM 92+ Series (PT-550M)

Memory DDR 4

Supermicro Certified MEM-DR432L-SL01-LR21 Samsung 32GB DDR4-2133 4Rx4 LP ECC LRDIMM Memory

For info: Sells on NewEgg for ….

The Case – Fractal Design R5

One of the differences between the R4 and R5 is the fact that you can change the opening direction of the front door.

ESXi Home lab – Get a quality and comfortable case

Here is a part list link (but the link has also other recommended parts, so not only what I have. It was put in place back in the time to have a different combination of different parts, for Energy Efficient home lab).

Building Energy Efficient ESXi Home Lab – parts list

The cost of each host was about

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10 Gig Cisco Switch

Now some big items. Original Cisco. Cisco SG500XG-8F8T 16-port 10-Gigabit Stackable Managed switch.

(which I paid over 3000 Euros).

Serious buyers only. If interested, I'd prefer to sell with the 10Gb NICs as well.

Sells on NewEgg for…

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Four 10 Gigs NICs

Original Intel X710-DA2 cards. Product Brief here.

Sells on NewEgg for …

where each has two 10Gb SFP+ ports

SFP + Cables are included for FREE.

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Here are all articles:

Please Twitter DM or email at contact (at) vladan (dot) fr for pricing and availability.

First come first serve.

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VMware Workstation and Fusion Latest Release

Tip: Check our latest detailed post about VMware Workstation 14 and Fusion 10.

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VMware Upgrades – vSphere, Workstation, Fusion, ESXi, & vCenter Server…

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Veeam Backup and Replication U3a Released

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Link: Download the VMCE 9.5 Study Guide from this page at Rasmus's blog.

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Again this year I'm Veeam Vanguard. Pretty exciting!

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Two ESXi Hosts