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harj123
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vRA/vRO lab question

Hello guys, I need some expert opinion on the below.

I have just started my career in vRA/vRO which I find really hard coming from a non dev background, so I decided to build a lab to do my learning and work towards a cert..

I have a ryzen 7 1700, 16gb ddr4 ram and I am running vsphere, esxi 6.7 host and trying to install vRA appliance on workstation pro. As it is obvious, 16gb is not enough ram. I need some advise that will it be enough if  I buy another 16gb ram for AUD230 or would it be a better option to buy a HP proliant 360p G8 with 64 gb RAM for $650 or $900 with 128gb RAM and run esxi 6.5 on it, which a acquaintance is trying to sell me? obviously it is cheaper to buy just the RAM, but I am not sure what the right option is in the long run. Many thanks

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daphnissov
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My opinion:  Get the server and stack it full of as much RAM as a) you can afford and; b) it will fit. You will be in a MUCH better position to learn vRA/vRO because of the additional machines you'll need to stand up and deploy.

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