Posts by mrted46

Quote:Originally Posted by bryansj What switch do you have that supports NIC teaming? Since my switch is dumb I'm using the built-in WSE2012 teaming feature. I only get increased throughput when sending data to two different...

Quote:Originally Posted by bryansj Why team the pfSense LAN NIC? The speed to the pfSense router only matters for matching your WAN speed. The speed throughput is dependent on your switch and not your router. You could get by...

Quote:Originally Posted by bryansj You also don't have to dedicate a NIC to any VMs. They can all share a card if needed. The only problem with dumping all the virtual HDDs on one physical HDD datastore is the performance hit...

I haven't had time to install esxi, hopefully this weekend (I am anxious) I am going to set up a VM for pfsense but I am reading it required a dedicated HD because it needs to format and install. How does this work in esxi or what is...

Quote:Originally Posted by Mfusick I'll take 5 That leaves 5 more for some other AVS-ers to jump in on it with me. 5? Someone has 10 for sale? I am confused

I am interested as well

If I want to create 2 seperate Win7 VMs, will MS let me activate the same license code for each?

How does MS Windows licensing work with VMs? I know they tie their license to parts of the hardware and not sure how that all relates to a esxi based vm server.

I had the same problem with failed to initialize PAL, I tried it on 4 different MoBo's all with the same result (1 MoBo wouldnt boot so can't blame that), finally I tried it on my old WHS machine and it worked perfectly. I got it to the...

Has anyone had successful results in high settings with an i3 and beefy GPU?