Aventis Systems’ IT experts share tips to save money when setting up IT labs.

1. Building an IT Lab on a Budget

2. Hardware Tips
➢What is the purpose of the lab?
○Software testing: what are the requirements?
▪ Legacy hardware
▪ Reconditioned hardware
▪ Take advantage of virtualization
○Proof of concept

3. Hardware Tips
➢Servers to Consider
○Dell PowerEdge 2950
○HP ProLiant DL380 G6

4. Hardware Tips
➢Servers to Consider
○Dell PowerEdge 1950
○HP ProLiant DL360 G6

5. Software Recommendations
➢Free software & trials are key
➢Open-source software
➢Examples:
○Ubuntu
○FreeNAS
○Freespire
○PC-BSD
○Haiku
○Plan 9

6. Software Recommendations
➢Examples for VT testing:
○Hyper-V in existing OS
○VirtualBox
○RedHat (RHEV)
○Free ESXi
➢OS tricks:
○Win7 free upgrade to Win10
○Server 2012 R2 180-day eval version

7. Budget Tricks
➢Existing legacy hardware
➢Reconditioned hardware
➢Lease hardware
➢Rent hardware
➢Virtual machines
➢VPS
➢Free software
➢Software trials

8. More to Consider
➢Networking
➢Power
➢Rack
➢Emulating real-world workloads

9. Resources
➢eBay
○http://stores.ebay.com/Aventis-Systems
➢Value-added resellers (VARs)
○www.AventisSystems.com
➢Spiceworks
○www.Spiceworks.com
➢Search Engines
➢Vendor-sponsored and industry forums

10. Take a Look
Visit www.AventisSystems.com

11. Thank You!