Hello guys,
I'm planning on buying the following server for self home lab : HP 380 G6 with 72 gb of ram x2 X5570 and a P410i 512MB controller.
1) Will I be able to run multiple nested virtual ESXi's within a Physical ESXI ?
2) According to articles that I have read, the CPUs support VT-x and EPT so as far as hardware goes, the server should support 64bit guests so What will the performance of the 64bit virtual machines be if they'll be windows 2008/2012 ones with SCCM. exchange 2010, 2007, 2013 , sql 2008/2012 ?
note: the load levels will not be really high since these will be lab machines
3) will the nested esxi's be able to provide all the ESXI services such as vmotion/storage vmotion, HA, DRS and SRM ?
3) How many nested windows 2008/2012 R2 hyper-v will the physical ESXi will be able to run ? will they also be able to run 64bit VM's ? will all the hyper-v functionality and services be able to make use of ?
Thanks a lot for your help guys,
Yossi.