Looking for a home-server to get some hands on experience with ESXi ?
HP has a pretty neat server wich is fully supported by VMware.
The HP ML110 G5 is a Dual-Core intel machine.
Out of the box it comes with 1 Gb of Ram, so that’s something you want to upgrade to at least 4 GB or probably fill this baby up to 8 GB.
The standard harddrive is 250 Gb, should be enough for testing, but of course can be swapped for a 1 TB drive.
HP ML110 G5 – hardware specs
According to http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi35_systems_guide.pdf this system is not compatible with ESX3.5i
(http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/Q_23452771.html)
Another search took me to a site where a guy solved his problem to get the g5 working.
step by step and with pictures 🙂
http://www.techhead.co.uk/vmware-esx-lab-installing-esxi-35-on-an-hp-proliant-ml110-g5