Servers for virtualisation?

[jamesfed]

Nah, going by previous generations, they just basically disappear quite quickly and their prices stay about the same.

Worth a try Either way sounds like some good times ahead!

[strawberry]

HP DL585 G2 Quad Dual Core 2.6Ghz 64Bit 32GB RAM Server | eBay

That x 2 = 1200.

or

HP DL585 G2 Quad Dual Core 2.4Ghz 64Bit 64GB RAM Server VMware 300GB SAS/SATA | eBay

Add extra disks if you want run them as standalone hyper v servers, or buy a san so share out. Always good to have more than 2 hosts though, if one goes down and your using something like dpm to backup you just restore to another host

[localzuk]

Not allowed to use ebay, and don't particularly want to run critical services on second hand hardware...

[jamesfed]

667mhz RAM and 120W dual core CPUs? Seriously?

[AButters]

Yep Deffo buy new upgrading is a waste as you don't get anywhere near the discounted CPU prices you wouldm get when you buy new. Buying new here and getting rid of 3 x oooold non quad core servers. Should save a good few bucks in electrickery!

[Duke5A]

How many VMs do you plan on running and what kind of load? I always seem to saturate the disk before anything else.