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Finally I have some money to buy a new server and replace the one I have been using for 10 years.
Im thinking of running ESXi on the new server. And intend to use it as follows;
- One W2008 R2 Guest running Exchange, File store, SVN and an accounting 
 application for day to day running of the company.
- Multiple Guest VMs W2K, XP, Vista & 
 WIN7 that were setup for testing in-house & real
 customer images also for testing.
- Probably Two Server Guest Os's W2003 & W2008 running at the same time again for testing. 
- One Guest VM for builds & Continuous integration. 
- Possibly one Guest running W220R2 for a customer website (Portal) 
This server will have to last another 10 years so I want to get the spec right. Althought I am clear on the memory and disk requirments I am not so clear on the processor(s). Im thinking of 2 Quadcore processors but welcome advice on this.
Proposed Spec
- 10GB Ram
- 2TB Sata Drives (Hardware Raid 1)
- 2 Processors (TBC)
Normally 3 Server VM's will running concurrently and the other VMs will be started as required. Max expected VMs running about 7. Max users = 4.
TIA..
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