Hi everyone,
I've been trying to research my question for a couple of days, but haven't found a straight forward answer to my question. I'm currently in the process of buying some new hardware for my desktop. My primary use will be virtualization (working on Microsoft certifications). I plan on having multiple(3 or 4) virtual machines running at the same time (SQL Server, SharePoint, etc.). I am on a little bit of a tight budget, so I'm trying to get the best bang for the buck. I believe that I have my CPU, motherboard, and RAM picked out, but stuck on the hard drive (I have a case, power supply, monitors, keyboard, mouse).
I currently have older Western Digital 320GB and two 250GB hard drives (all 7200 RPM, and 4+ years old). I'm looking at buying a new SSD drive rather than using my current hard drives due to noise and possible performance issues. I'm currently looking at a Muskin Chronos due to size and price (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226237) or I'm thinking about going with a 100-120GB SSD to save about $40 dollars and using linked clones to save space. However, would I be able to run three or four virtual machines off of a single SSD drive without running into performance issues?
I'm not looking for blazing fast speed here, but don't want to be stuck in the stone-age. I was thinking of getting a couple of used Western Digital Velocirpator drives since I would be able to get two (or three depending on size) for the same $165 as the Muskin Chronos drive above, and put one to two virtual machines on each drive (group the VMs based on resource usage).
Thoughts or opinions?
Thanks!