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I think that Ehren is making a very good point here. Plus, I think that the load that you are listing is a little too much for a workstation. I would go for a low end server. I would be looking for two power sources and future memory scalability and things like that. oscar On 6/17/2014 4:12 PM, Benson, Ehren wrote: > > Really it comes down to the criticality of the systems running on it. > Can a high end workstation run many server VM's yes. But you have to > account for if/when it would go down and how often that may occur > being a workstation with less redundancy than a server, and also being > a single system rather than a cluster or multiple systems. If they > are unimportant and can be down for a day or two if something horrible > happens, then absolutely, if not then you may want to consider > something else higher end. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Ehren Benson > > *IT Services Virtualization Storage & Systems (VSS)* > > 517-884-3088 | [log in to unmask] > > *From:* Al Puzzuoli [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 17, 2014 3:55 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [MSUNAG] Running Non Critical Virtual Servers on a High End > Workstation, Good idea or not? > > Hi everyone, > > We are looking to free up space in our office by getting rid of our > big server cabinet. In order to facilitate this, the plan is to > virtualize our critical servers, Exchange and one domain controller at > IT Services. We will then buy a Workstation level PC with a Zeon > processor, something like the Lenovo P300 to host several less > critical and less performance intensive virtual machines. These will > include a web server, file server for 25 or so users, VPN server, > software license server, etc. For this use case, is there any real > reason to consider a low end server instead of a higher end > workstation like the P300? It would seem the P300 would give us all > the expandability and reliability we would need at a lower price > point, and take up significantly less space than most servers as well. > > Thanks for any thoughts, > > Al Puzzuoli > > Information Technologist > > Michigan State University, > > Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, 120 Bessey Hall East > Lansing, MI 48824-1033 > > 517-884-1915 > > http://www.rcpd.msu.edu > -- Oscar Castaņeda Remote Sensing & GIS Michigan State University