Hi
I'm new to the community and have searched for this already but haven't found the info I require, so apologies if this is a common question.
I'm about to build a new PC to run Workstation on. I will use it to run nested ESXi/Hyper-V hosts, and plenty of lab stuff for VMware View labs etc.
I currently have several old PCs/servers, but would like to only turn on one PC for my labs, as my tiny home office gets so hot.
Is it worth waiting for the new Ivy Bridge CPUs to come out - any day now - or will a current i7 be fine, if so, what's the best i7 and chipset to use?
I already read Sammy's excellent post (http://boerlowie.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/building-the-ultimate-vsphere-lab-part-2-the-hardware/) but I want 32GB RAM minimum really given that I will be hammering it with lots of VMs at one point or another.
I already have a few SSDs and larger SATA HDDs ready, but was wondering if there is a HCL or similar for running nested ESXi/Hpyer-V hosts?
Does anybody have any other recommendations?