elminster04
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Hi All,
I'm about to spec out a replacement of the pro-consumer hardware I have been using in my home built NAS and Whitebox ESXi build, and I'm look for some recommendations on Intel Mobo's, CPU's and RAM.
Current Specs;
ESXi 6.5 Box
Napp-IT Box
Mobo:
The idea is to use the same set of hardware in both boxes to give me a scaleable platform.
Budget around £600 each, although I can flex that for the right spec.
Any recommendations, gratfully received!
Thanks
Jon
I'm about to spec out a replacement of the pro-consumer hardware I have been using in my home built NAS and Whitebox ESXi build, and I'm look for some recommendations on Intel Mobo's, CPU's and RAM.
Current Specs;
ESXi 6.5 Box
- Mobo:GA-990FX-UD5
- CPU: AMD FX Octocore 3Ghz
- Mem: 32GB DDR3 non-ECC
- Storage Controller: LSI 9211 - 4i card running 2 hardware mirrored old Gen SSD's in IR mode.
- Net: 3xQuadport Intel i350 NICS
Napp-IT Box
- Mobo:GA-990FX-UD5
- CPU: AMD FX Octocore 3Ghz
- Mem: 32GB DDR3 non-ECC
- Storage Controller: 3x LSI 9211 - 8i cards (in IT HBA mode) running 16*3Tb WD REDS (vdev1: Raid Z2 * 6 drives, vdev2: Raid Z2*10 drives) - 8 spare ports
- Net: 2xQuadport Intel i350 NICS
- 4Gb/s Vswitch on both ESXi and Napp-IT for SAN data.
Mobo:
- Supermicro Intel (ATX max physical size))
- Socket 2011v3 (to give me growth room on the CPU)
- Supports up to 1TB of DDR4 ECC memory (again to give me room to grow)
- Enough PCIE Slots/Lanes to support my NIC and Storage controllers.
- IPMI (inc dedicated port if possible)
- Intel Socket 2011v3 - At least as capable as my 8 Core AMD's
- At least 32Gb DDR4 ECC Memory (1*128Gb stick as a starter for each maybe - if the board has 8 memory slots)
The idea is to use the same set of hardware in both boxes to give me a scaleable platform.
Budget around £600 each, although I can flex that for the right spec.
Any recommendations, gratfully received!
Thanks
Jon