Hi.
I want to provision an HP Elitebook 8650w (quad core) for the free version of ESXi.
The primary purpose is to run multiple (6-8) Win2008 R2 vms and possibly my day to day work Win7 client if disk space allows.
The processor load is very low, just require the vms for testing with failover clusters.
From here it would be carrying 32GB of RAM, but I'm not sure what the best hdd options are.
Considering the ESXi-ness of it, will a 1 TB hybrid disk with 5400rpm have any benefits over a 500 GB 7200rpm drive? Or would a normal 1 TB 5400rpm drive suffice?
Either way, the existing 700GB 5400rpm drive would into a caddy into the optical bay.
I'm a relative beginner with ESX so if anyone can see any flaws with this cunning plan I'd appreciate knowing them :)