Monthly Archives: December 2013

BC-ESXi, building a hardware node

Posted on December 28, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (ESXi6.0)

(x-post from the original project, the hardware build has not changed) In this post I’ll document the steps of putting the hardware together for a cluster node. A story in pictures: I’ve unscrewed and removed the cover of the Antec case. … Continue reading →

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BC-ESXi, good things come in threes

Posted on December 28, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 5 of 12 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (ESXi6.0)

(x-post from original to show off the goods) So finally the stuff has arrived, one big box filled with goodies.    And as the saying goes, all good things come in threes …       Well, enough fun with the … Continue reading →

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BC-ESXi, the shopping list

Posted on December 28, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (ESXi6.0)

update Nov 7th 2015 For reference, this is the list of components that I ordered in 2011. Some of these parts are more difficult to come by however by checking the specs you get a good idea of what I … Continue reading →

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Binsfeldius Cluster moving to VMWare vSphere 6.0

Posted on December 28, 2013 by RayF
This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series Binsfeldius Cluster (ESXi6.0)

update Nov 7th 2015 In this NEW series of posts I’ll walk you through the steps, issues and frustrations of designing, building and configuring a low-power performance virtualisation cluster based on three nodes. It’s a write-as-I-go story which means I’ll … Continue reading →

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