Here is a video detailing my home VMware vSphere lab including servers and storage…
Note: I forgot to mention in the video, the Intel Quad Q6600 shown in the video DOES run vSphere 4 as well so it is a compatible whitebox. It uses the MSI7450 BIOS.
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For more information on home labs and whitebox servers, listen to the VMware community roundtable episode that covers this topic.
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Hi David,
Nice video on your vSphere home lab. I just wanted to mention that you may be able to download an updated BIOS from Sony which will allow you to enable VT. I ran into the same problem trying to run a MAC OSX VM on my Sony Vaio with a P8600 (requires hardware VT to be enabled) and after a little bit of looking around discovered that Sony had released an updated version of the BIOS. Of course this may not hold true for all models (mine is a VGN-SR190), but may be worth checking out.
-Josh Coen