Comments on: Dell PowerEdge R200

By: Seif

Seif — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:21:23 +0000

men i need your help… i also have one Dell R200.. but i cant find graphic cards for it… it comes only with 32mb and its not enough for me..

thanks

By: ivan

ivan — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:45:06 +0000

Hi,

I have got a R200 with Windows Server 2003 R2 32 bits. I was wondering if I could install Windows 7 on a virtual machine using VMWare.

Thanks!

Ivan.

By: Jens

Jens — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:31:32 +0000

For home use ESXi servers I would personally recommend tower servers since they provide more room for air flow, that often result in lower noise levels… One needs to have the room however… :)

I ended up building mine from the ground up (2 x XeonL5630, 36 Gigs Reg ECC, 6x500GB etc… more details: http://dotjem.com/archive/2010/11/25/45.aspx)

Also, I can prefer to install ESXi on a USB key…
But it sure is fun to play with… running ESXi 4.1 on mine.

Can’t relate to much of the above questions regarding different hardware sadly, since mine is a totally different system.

By: Poker Regeln

Poker Regeln — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:09:11 +0000

excellent points and the details are more precise than elsewhere, thanks.

- Joe

By: Dell PowerEdge R200 and ESX or ESXi - Iam8up Blog

Dell PowerEdge R200 and ESX or ESXi - Iam8up Blog — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:53:12 +0000

[...] This blog suggests it works with ESXi 3.5u1. I can verify that it does NOT work with ESXi 3.5u5. [...]

By: Frode Sandholtbråten

Frode Sandholtbråten — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:11:48 +0000

Sorry, I don’t use the SAS 6iR – I have iSCSI instead :-)

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:13:55 +0000

Hi, do you have any experience with the SAS 6iR internal RAID Controller from DELL or don’t you use RAID with the ESXi? thx

By: nick

nick — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:06:14 +0000

hello,

I tried to install esxi4 on my new r200. It didnt happen, the linux logo would appear,as the OS was loading from a boot ISO and then nothing……………..do you reckon I should have a go with 3.5.? ……….have you tried 4 ( I think it recommends for 64bit hardware) ..thanks
nick

By: asimil8

asimil8 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:54:48 +0000

FYI

3.5 Update 3 | 2008/11/06 | Build: 123629 works fine with Dell Poweredge R200

Tried 3.5 Update 4 | 2009/03/30 | Build: 153875 and it didn’t like it. (also R200 is not in the compatibility list for this build)

By: Frode Sandholtbråten

Frode Sandholtbråten — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:35:35 +0000

Well, I don’t recommend putting the server in a room where you will be living in or watching TV. But, I am sensitive to fan noise… :-) My fans are currently at 3000 RPM with an ambient temperature of 26C. The Prolient servers are a generating a lot more noise, especially those where the fans are not temperature controlled :-)