So, if I'm primarily only running my Windows 7 64Bit OS against the Starwind iSCSI SAN for the personal fun stuff then even my old Xeon E3110 CPU would likely suffice... BUT, when I spool up VMWare Workstation 8 and the multiple ESXi5 Host VM's and Hyper-V VM's and their subsequent child VM's that m...

I'm building a cheap home lab that will serve for various software/OS virtual environment testing including eventually the Starwind HA capabilities. I have one server built using two Intel E5507 CPU's on an ASUS Z8NA-D6C with 48GB RAM and a simple RAID1 array since I'll direct all VM Hosts/VM's to t...