I'm building a server that will be co-located on a 1gbps/10gbps line and provide VPS/hosting/gameserver solutions as well as FTP servers/seedboxes (if there is redundant bandwidth).
Here's what I'm thinking of getting so far (going Opteron as it's cheaper than 4-way Xeons and not much worse):
CPUs: 4x AMD 16-core Opteron 6272 2.1ghz (115w)
Motherboard: Supermicro AMD Opteron 6000 H8QGI+-F
RAM: 16x DDR3 8GB 1333mhz registered ECC (128GB total)
Case: 1U Supermicro SC818TQ+1400 (1400w PSU included) - I'm very much open to suggestions for other cases
I have no idea about storage. I was looking online at 'NAS storage solutions' and they are pricey. Any/all recommendations about a storage build would be useful. I would prefer it if it was maximum 4U size.
What drives should I get - is it worth getting SAS drives? How about a raid controller? SCSI or sata? If I use FreeNAS can I mount the drives to the VPS guests using ESX?
I'm thinking of installing SolusVM along with ESX so that users can manage their own servers - anyone have experience with this?
Here's what I'm thinking of getting so far (going Opteron as it's cheaper than 4-way Xeons and not much worse):
CPUs: 4x AMD 16-core Opteron 6272 2.1ghz (115w)
Motherboard: Supermicro AMD Opteron 6000 H8QGI+-F
RAM: 16x DDR3 8GB 1333mhz registered ECC (128GB total)
Case: 1U Supermicro SC818TQ+1400 (1400w PSU included) - I'm very much open to suggestions for other cases
I have no idea about storage. I was looking online at 'NAS storage solutions' and they are pricey. Any/all recommendations about a storage build would be useful. I would prefer it if it was maximum 4U size.
What drives should I get - is it worth getting SAS drives? How about a raid controller? SCSI or sata? If I use FreeNAS can I mount the drives to the VPS guests using ESX?
I'm thinking of installing SolusVM along with ESX so that users can manage their own servers - anyone have experience with this?