Thank you all for the kind words and emails - though I was bedridden for two days (and later quarantined at the doctor's office - Swine Flu? - Seriously?) I am already ramping up to capacity once again.
Here we go:
I'm still facing the pros and cons of everyday life, much as we all are, with the difference that I have tried, and tested ESXi. It is a fantastic multipurpose tool which has no place whatsoever in my home, unless as a third box, perhaps. It is NOT a replacement for a graphical workstation (VMware Workstation truly has earned its special niche), and I won't bore you with the details as to why (interested parties, if any, can inquire in the comments). Suffice it to say, its absolutely killing me, and I'll have to go back to running XP as a primary on one of my boxes. It is however, a gorgeous solution for our new proposed collocated server for a myriad of reasons, up to and including "attaching" to an internal, virtualized enterprise-standard EMC Celera NAS. Go
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Building my own ESX server was a great learning experience (I can now say I've built and managed one) and once
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As things stand now, I'm preparing to once again tear down my two boxes, swap parts in some semblance of order that only makes sense to me, and hopefully finalize my production workstations. I've been without iTunes, a printer, and audio (another lengthy story including HDMI-audio out; Ugh) for far too long.
And a special thanks to Blue Portal Productions for the beautifully aromatic "Ambrosia" cigars which arrived in the post today!
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