Re: Pentest lab box 16 gigs of ram

["Adriel T. Desautels" <ad_lists () netragard com>]

Use ESX, why not?


On Nov 18, 2009, at 6:33 PM, macubergeek wrote:

> All
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> I'm thinking of building a vmware target box for a pentest practice  
> lab consisting of:
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> cheap Dell server with 16 gigs of ram PowerEdge T105
> vmware workstation
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> My question is with the host OS.
> I was contemplating the home version of Windows 7 to give me a 64  
> bit OS to support the amount of ram I'm planning on
> Does anyone have any experience with the latest version of VMware  
> workstation and if it will run properly on Windows 7?
>
> would 64 bit Ubuntu be a better idea?
> jk
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