You are going to have to find something used and well-depreciated. 32GB of DDR4 RAM is $300+ - especially server RAM. As a new machine you are talking $2K. I would not be buying a new server for 2k. :) This defeats the purpose of a home lab. Home labs are suppose to be low cost for learning and tes...

Ok, this is definately well out of my wheelhouse. :) While I have friends that run VMWare on standard consumer level motherboards and CPUs, the compatibility guide doesn't show any modern consumer side CPUs....just Opteron and Xeons....and some fairly old consumer side CPUs. Hopefully, someone else...

I'm not a VMWare guy, so I can't speak to the specs required to run your system - but you can This is a bit important since vmware cannot run on just any server hardware. I would have to make sure that any suggestions meet their requirements . With a Task Manager window open, what CPU and RAM loads...

I am looking for a good, silent, home server that can run Vmware 6.5 24/7. I currently have an old Supermicro 1U Server X7DBU 2x Xeon L5420 2.5ghz Quad Core 32gb server. The thing is a jet engine. I currently wear PELTOR H10A Optime 105 Over-the-Head Earmuffs when working with it and cannot let it r...