Without major problems I have move to VMware ESXi5 on my HP ML110 G5 budget server. VMware ESXi3.5 has run succesfull for years. The server was bought in October 2008.
Host system specs:
- HP ML110 G5
- Intel(r) Xeon(r) 3065, 2,33 GHz, 4M Cache
- 8 GB RAM
- Adaptec 2405, PCI-Express x8
- RAID1, 2x 750GB
- RAID1, 2x 1TB
- Local disk, 250gb for ISO’s
- Onboard NIC
Existing VM’s are still in hardware version 4. They boot up fine. New VM’s will automaticly be created with hardware version 8.