Can I use ESXI 5.1 in 2018?

Question

System administration

The organization plans to migrate to virtualization. Is it okay to take a used HP DL180G6 and put ESXI 5.1U3 in it? I know that he is no longer on support, but he solves all the tasks. The option with the new hardware will take out 5 times more money, is it possible to do this? Is this normal practice for small businesses?

Answer 1

Install Proxmox VE

Answer 2

What's the point of setting it to 5.1?
6.0 is definitely installed, I think there should be no problems with 6.5 / 6.7 either.
Installing Vmware ESXi 6.0 on an HP DL 160 G6 server Get
images for HP here:
ESXi Image for HPE ProLiant

Answer 3

Oops, are you going to buy it or as usual? (One host can be free for free. You can have more than one, but vCenter will not work). If as usual, you can take the last one that HP supports.