Hi folks, i'm building my first virtual environment and it will be a home build. For breadth and depth in my field i
want to emulate a small enterprise so i will be running AD, DC, file shares, SharePoint, mobile device management and enrollement (future), as well as a combination of home centric things like media storage/conversion/cataloging, iTunes, home automation, etc...
My personal machines (desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones) may also be joined to the domain to test mobile device management, certificate enrollement, etc. Other uses also include vulnerability assessment/penetration testing vm's like BackTrack, Samurai,
and other custom Linux builds. I also need to be able to do port monitoring and traffic interception on any mobile devices for mobile pen testing.
So having said that...this is what i'm considering buiding:
Processor (x2) Intel CM8062107185405 Xeon E5-2630L 2.0GHz LGA2011
Memory (x2) Kingston 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1600 Server Memory DR x4
Model KVR16R11D4K4/32
Hard drive (primary)...may possibly do SSD instead Western Digital VelociRaptor WD4500HLHX 450GB 10000
RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Hard drive (NAS) x 2 Western Digital Caviar Black WD2002FAEX 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s
3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
Motherboard Asus Z9PE-D16 Dual LGA2011 Xeon/Intel C602-A PCH/4GbE/SSI EEB Server Motherboard (ASMB6-IKVM)
Power Supply SeaSonic X Series X-850 (SS-850KM Active PFC F3) 850W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 SLI
Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Case Cooler Master Cosmos II Ultra Tower Computer Case with Aluminum and Steel Body (RC-1200-KKN1)
NAS QNAP TS-869L-US 8Bay Intel D2700 2.13GHz Dual-Core CPU 1GB SATA NAS
I plan to boot/store all my VMs from the NAS so that's why i'm not too concerned about local storage on the server/workstation.
Thoughts? Any major/obvious concerns? Anything obvious i'm missing? I know the preference is to go with some OEM (e.g. HP,
Dell, etc...) to ensure compatibility, drivers, etc... but I really feel like i can save some money if i build it myself. Something similarly spec'd would cost me ~6k from OEM, but i can build (not counting NAS costs) for about 3k.
I really appreciate anyone's input and/or suggestions.