Home virtualization with VMWare. Which option is better?

Question

VMware

Comrades, help me figure it out. The topic of virtualization has become very interesting, until now I have been playing around with Oracle Virtual Box, WMWare Workstation and Hyper-V. I want to implement a small project: I buy a powerful i5 PC server with 16 GB of memory, and virtualize several operating systems on it - a desktop, a couple of servers and a UnetLab laboratory.

At first I considered the simplest option "1" - I put Window 10 + VMWare Workstation on a new computer, on which I create virtual machines with their autorun when the computer is turned on. But there is also option "2" with the installation of VMWare vSphere on a bare PC, and on it already raise both the desktop and servers and the lab. But I don’t quite understand this: can I (actually my wife) with this option sit in Win10 on the same computer where vSphere is raised? With option "1" it's definitely possible.
And will it be possible to comfortably watch high-quality video and play the same civilization?

Answer 1

But I don’t quite understand this: can I (actually my wife) with this option sit in Win10 on the same computer where vSphere is raised?

NO. You can't on the same computer. ESXi does not have the ability to connect to virtual machines from the host. Remotely (via RDP) - yes, you can.
Although I don’t understand at all, what the hell do you need VMware for if you have Win10. Install Win10 on hardware, install the Hyper-V role in it, and run any kind of virtual machines in it. In this option, you will have Win10 available on the same computer.
Video - most likely, yes. Games - depending on what, and will depend on the load created by virtual machines. But if you cut down virtual machines, then consider that you just have a computer with Win10 left.

Answer 2

It seems that there are some tricks with the ears with forwarding video cards to a virtual machine, but I have always considered such a wheelbarrow as a dedicated server. That is, you buy a wheelbarrow, carry out the initial setup, then under the table without a monitor, all control is from the vSphere webmord or through a thick client, you can get to virtual machines via RDP or the console in a thick client.
It is problematic to raise a desktop on such a wheelbarrow - well, unless they give advice on how to forward the video to it. If you decide on this option, you need to take it with a built-in vidyukha (and one more vidyukha for the desktop, forwarded by vmware itself will not be available).
By the way, you need to install more memory - 16G will not be enough
In general, the option is working - for example, at my house it's like this - a router, followed by a server (on a much more modest process), which drags several machines ...

Answer 3

I have your 2nd option and implemented. Everything works smoothly, tanks go at 100+ fps. There are no lags from the word at all. Just google immediately after forwarding a specific vidyahi to a virtual machine, not all are correctly forwarded and work (mostly radeons work - green ones go through the forest)
And in the 1st option, as far as I remember, vmware workstation is not able to autorun vm after turning it on

Answer 4

Well, I came to this, that I need to install Win10 + hypervisor. Only WMVare is somehow more to my liking.