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My mistake. Each user will be running their own Windows VM. I trying for a solution compatible with windows VMs. One solution I was thinking of was to have something like a docker layer running and then a user can request a specific amount of GPU as required for that session.

I am trying to build a system for multiple people to remotely access for Data Modeling, CAD modeling & gaming. I would like to use 2 3080's and maybe an Intel Z series motherboard? My goal is to have a system that can be used remotely by 3-5 people for work and for gaming. The challenge I face is how do set up windows to enable some form of Dynamic GPU sharing? I would like to have it such that I can use part of my GPU capacity for my work and someone else can use more of it. If no one else is using the GPU, then I can use all of it and vice versa. I got inspired by Linus's One CPU 6 workstations, but would prefer to not have a hard definition of the resource sharing Thanks

Thanks slottr

I need to build 2 PC's each under USD 600 not including monitor and peripherals. The workload is going to be 3D modeling with fusion 360 and and some work in Unity. 16 gigs of RAM and 256 gig SSD. Any recommendations for the motherboard, processor and graphics cards?

Thanks LeadEater. I checked out both and it looks like Synology has sales and service offices in India. So we will probably go for that.

At this point, the team doesn't really need a RAID 5 system. RAID would be something for a future expansion. Right now all they need is about 20TB of stable network storage. If I could get away with plugging in even a 10TB powered external hard disk to a router and call it day, I would. But the read and write speeds would be phenomenally bad, assuming a router can even address 10TB. We have to build from scratch. Availability of parts of parts might be an issue. Service definitely is an issue.

Hi Guys, I have a couple of friends who started a digital marketing company. They are at a point where storing everything in external hard disks is no longer practical. They have had 3 disks fail and have lost a bunch of data already. I was wondering what an affordable ($1500 - $2000) Network Storage solution would look like. They predict a requirement of about 20 TB of storage over the next year. Nothing fancy like RAID. They are a team of 8 people right now. They mostly work on Presentations, Images and short duration videos like teasers and trailers. The server is meant only for storage and not for video editing. Just a plain old mounted drive to read and write to at acceptable speeds, around 100 MB/s. A couple of issues here: They live in a coastal city in India. So it is hot and humid. Average Summer weather is around 37C(99F) and 80% humidity. Since this is India, parts availability and service might be an issue. If anybody has any advice to share, that would awesome. Thanks in advance.

Well, that is just sucky. Added to that, Acer does not have any first party support in India. My only option is to go to the Acer Partner Network whose site is super sketchy. Thanks @Alexokratis

Can we build a similar list for Personal Linux systems as well for Linux Servers?

I bought an Acer Nitro AN515-51 about 8 months ago and it has been working great. I want to upgrade the SSD from the current 128 GB to about 500 GB. From my reading however, it appears that replacing the SSD on this laptop is not possible without voiding warranty. Any advice on how I can do this? Or is it just better to go to an Acer service center? This is the link for the product https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B07C76Q6D3/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Hi guys, I need to acquire a server for our SQL Server database. The database itself if about 50GB. We are currently on a shared DB which keeps running out of temp space. What would be a good config for SQL DB server? I am fairly certain that it does not take advantage of multiple cores. So I am looking for some server processor that has few cores, with each core capable of about 2.8 GHz. (Intel Xeon E7 8890?) 64 GB RAM 1TB SSD (Suggestions for higher speed storage would be welcome) Any and all suggestions are welcome. I have no idea what I am doing. Never built a server. So its all new to me.