Hello all,<BR><BR>I want to virtualize a small home file server. I plan to install ESXi 4 to either an SATA hard drive or to a USB drive.<BR><BR>The remaining 3 1TB SATA hard drives would be used for ...

Hi Ars,<br><br>I'm planning on virtualizing our file server and I just wanted to run my plan by you guys to see if it is best practice or is even feasible.<br><br>The file server uses LUNs on the SAN ...

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