learnedbyerror
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I want to replace the hardware on a Windows 2012 R2 server in which I use Hyper-V to run a couple of Linux VM's. The impetus to make the change is two parts:
My goals (read needs) are:
My wants/desires are:
Additional Info:
My personal capabilties are:
I have taken a look on various sites, including here, and honestly am overwhelmed by all of the options that exist. Choices and competition are good; however, over the years I have become less of a hardware geek than I used to be. So I am humbly asking for help. Have you recently built something that meets the above requirements that you would like to share?
Thanks in advance for your assistance!!!
lbe
- The existing hard disks are fairly old and starting and I am seeing the SMART metrics starting to move toward failure.
- The processing power (old I3 with 8 GB RAM) isn't supporting some of my current needs.
My goals (read needs) are:
- Virtualization platform that will support experimentation with multiples OSes: Linux, Windows and possibly BSD.
- Support fairly computationally intense needs on demand. By this, I mean being able to run multi-threaded/multi-process applications that can secure near bare metal speeds when needed. Some of the uses are: video conversion via ffmpeg or such and solving complex mathematical systems using a linear optimizer.
- As cost-effective as possible (i.e. as cheap as I can get )
- Minimum SATA support for 4 drives.
My wants/desires are:
- Minimum 4 Cores / 8 Threads
- Desired 8 Cores / 16 Threads
- Minimum Physical RAM 32 GB
- Desired Physical RAM 64 GB
- IPMI or similar
Additional Info:
- Large storage volumes not required as I already have an adequate NAS solution.
- Prefer all drives be SSD (2.5" nominally, other format acceptable also)
- Solution should be as physically small and as quiet as is practically possible.
- Solution to be located on shelf in master bedroom closet
My personal capabilties are:
- Experienced with both Windows and Linux OSes setup and administration
- Experienced with hardware: build and mod
I have taken a look on various sites, including here, and honestly am overwhelmed by all of the options that exist. Choices and competition are good; however, over the years I have become less of a hardware geek than I used to be. So I am humbly asking for help. Have you recently built something that meets the above requirements that you would like to share?
Thanks in advance for your assistance!!!
lbe