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I'm starting on a new build for a bare metal hypervisor, which will be running the following VMs : 1. pfSense (ISP Bandwidth - 50 Mbps symmetrical, IPSec enabled) --> 2GB RAM 2. Windows Server 2019 (DC/DNS/DHCP/BlueIris) --> 8GB RAM 3. NextCloud Community Edition --> 4GB RAM 4. FreePBX (4 Extensions). --> 2GB RAM Blue Iris running 8 cameras @ 4k, motion detection enabled, direct to disk recording, no transcoding. I'm on a tight budget, hence I have only two options : 1. Xeon E5-2678V3 (12 Cores) / Huananzhi X99-F8 + 32GB DDR4 ECC 2. Ryzen 7 1700X (8 Cores) / ASUS Prime B550-PLUS + 32GB DDR4 ECC Both the CPUs have nearly equivalent all cores performance, however single thread performance of 1700X >> E5-2678. I know more physical cores are better than faster cores, but since I'm running only 4 VMs, I was wondering that higher speed cores might just turn out to be better in this case. I need this build to be stable, since this will be located on a farmhouse that my family owns, far away from my house, and it will be primarily for monitoring the area for intruders, a]nd I am also a little bit skeptical about running all of this on a chinese x99 motherboard. What would you guys recommend ? Budget (including currency): ~$250 Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Hypervisor

I currently have a 500/500 Mbps PON Connection (don't know whether it is GPON or EPON), but the router supplied by my ISP performs extremely poorly.I've been planning to replace it with this GPON router :https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32799325864.html?spm=a2g0s.8937460.0.0.62fc2e0eRhskotspecially since this one has POTS port, eliminating my need to use a separate VOIP gateway adapter.Will this work if my line is EPON ?This is what my router page shows : https://imgur.com/a/vT2TEvY

I'm building out a new system for running around 5-6 VMs, but choosing a processor has been a tough decision for me If I'm correct, hypervisors benefit from more cores than the actual clock speed per core, so by that, I should probably choose a Ryzen 2700 vs an Intel Core i7 8700, coupled with 32 gigs @ DDR4-2400. However, while reading through forums, I came across some users having issues with Ryzen's AMD-V and IOMMU, it feels like I should stick to a lower thread count just cause of the extra reliability that Intel VT-x and VT-d offers ? Have any of you folks tried running ESXi on Ryzen 2700 without facing any significant issues ?

The max I've ever run on this machine is 5 Linux VMs, 2GB of ram for each. I'm planning to start out in the ASP NET world, for which I'll now be running Windows Servers, which by comparison consume alot more ram than Linux, so I might run out of ram. I guess I'll still be able to run 3-4 Win Servers on my current config and as @TheLaserCucumber stated, I can't run 10 VMs on an i5, so I see no use adding more ram. I'll just save money and build something using some old xeons bought off of eBay.

Oh yes, I meant a new server machine just for running VMs.

Hi folks, I recently built myself a new system, leaving me with my old computer having the following specs : i5-3570k @ stock speed 2*8 GB DDR3 @ 1333Mhz 4*1 TB WD Blue 7.2k Drives 120 GB Kingston UV400 SSD 2*Gbe Intel NIC I'm planning to use this machine as an ESXi Server, virtualizing all my physical instances of various servers. I'm curious as to know whether at this point of time, given that my processor is fairly old, is there any point in adding two more sticks of 8GB ram, or should I just continue running the same config, and save money for an entirely new build ? I'm also a CS and IT undergrad, so sometimes I can have anywhere from 4-10 VM's running (hence the 4 * 1 TB Disks in my old system). Also, if I do upgrade to 32 gigs, together with a RAID 0 of 8 * 1TB Purple WDs (Raid controller and spare disks lying around from various builds), how many VMs can I run simultaneously run without the CPU being a bottleneck ?