Yup, got this server upgraded…now its running on what you might call a “cloud” based setup:

288 GB RAM
48 TB Equalogic SAN, 10 Gbit connection
58 Ghz CPU power (i know its not…real!)
1 gbit redundant internet connection

This equals to a Server 2008 R2 (with exchange 2010) bootup time of about 15 seconds and a disk transfer rate (measured with hdtach) of about 1.2 GB/sec!

Although I only have a fraction of this shizzle assigned to the actual VM, its still one heck of a setup!