I've spent some time looking, and haven't been able to find a decent HCL for the current and past versions of XenServer.
I have 3 HP Proliant DL360 G3's that I want to use for virtualization. They all have dual Xeon processors @ 3.06 Ghz, 2 GB of RAM (I'm getting much more for them though), integrated 5i controllers, etc.
I've tried to install few versions of ESXi and ESX, some with the DL360 G# on the HCL, and some without. I've had limited success with every version. I did get ESX 3.5 running, but I'm a little bit disappointed with it's feature set and want something a little more modern. I've heard that XenServer has a much broader range of supported hardware.
Does anyone know what versions of XenServer officially support the DL360 G3, or where I could find an HCL that includes all versions of XenServer?
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I'd really like to say that you should avoid using any G3 ProLiant in 2013... especially for virtualization... Anywho, the XenServer HCL does not include the G3 ProLiants. You need a 64-bit CPU per the XenServer software requirements.
One or more 64-bit x86 CPU(s), 1.5 GHz minimum, 2 GHz or faster multicore CPU recommended
The HP ProLiant DL360 G3 systems were introduced in 2003 and went end-of-life around 2005. These are Pentium 4 Xeon processors. There are only two parallel SCSI drives. They're 32-bit only. At this juncture ANY modern computer will perform better (even a desktop).