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okay I have always had my doubts about NUC able run all the Vms I have mentioned . Happy to be enlightened in this topic so i can plan better

a few reasons: Age of Machine 1 Performance of Machine 1 eventually will go down and lack of product availability. Power of Machine 1 Plus I am not able to utilise hardware of machine 2 It runs home internet which i can quickly route if needed to fix things hence the idea. Plus single core performance of 5950x Current VMs list : Firewall: Wifi and house internet Load Balancer: to do certifications for work Xpenology: to take automated backups of Load balancer ,firewall and server as a network drive Ubuntu-1: Splunk + Pihole Ubuntu-2: Proxy for a friend Ubuntu-3: Home Assistant Windows VM : currently being used as a terminal to manage network and some browsing below are few reasons why i am thinking to merge them: Age of Machine 1 Performance of Machine 1 eventually will go down and lack of product availability. Power of Machine 1 Plus I am not able to utilise hardware of machine 2 It runs home internet which i can quickly route if needed to fix things hence the idea. Plus single core performance of 5950x

Idea: I currently have two machines at home with config below: Machine 1: Case: Lenovo ThinkstationC30 CPU:2 x E5-2640V2 Motherboard: Lenovo Proprietary Memory: 64GB ECC Ram Storage: 120GB MSata Drive for Proxmox OS 1TB 7200rpm Sratch Drive 2x 3.5 Seagate NAS IronWolf 2 TB ( Slow VM storage-ZFS Mirror-0) 2x 2.5 Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB (Fast VM storage- No RAID/ZFS) PSU: 800W Gold Networking: Intel Quad port NIC 1 Onbaord GPU: 1.Nvidia K4000 PCI passthrough to a Gaming VM 2.HD6450 1GB for Server Video out Current VMs list : Firewall: 4 Cores 6 GB (Currently using 20% CPU and 55% RAM) Load Balancer: 4 Cores 8 GB (Currently using 34% CPU and 75% RAM) Xpenology: 2 Cores 2 GB (Currently using 1% CPU and 39% RAM) Ubuntu-1: 4 Cores 2 GB( Currently using 2% CPU and 33% RAM) Ubuntu-2: 2 Cores 2 GB( Currently using 1% CPU and 30% RAM) Ubuntu-3: 2 Cores 1 GB( Currently using 7% CPU and 92% RAM) Windows VM : 8 Cores 8 GB with Nvidia K4000 passthrough I have a Synology 718+ with 2x4 TB drives installed for VM backups from Poxmox. Machine 2: Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX CPU: AMD Ryzen 3600X Motherboard: MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard GPU: RTX 2080 Super Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory Storage: 256 GB M.2 SSD 2 TB Seagate Firecuda gaming PSU: Corsair TX650m I am thinking to merge the above to machines into one with below config: Motherboard: MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard ( already have ) Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX ( already have ) CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X (will buy based on suggestions) GPU1:RTX 2080 Super(For Gaming VM) ( already have ) GPU2: AMD HD 3450(for Proxmox) ( already have ) Memory:Crucial Ballistix 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory (will buy based on suggestions) CPU Cooler: Noctua NHD15 (will buy based on suggestions) Boot SDD: 250GB M.2 SSD ( already have ) PSU: Corsair 650W ( already have ) Storage: 2x 2.5 Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB ( already have ) 2x 3.5 Seagate IronWolf, 2 TB, NAS ( already have ) 1x 2.5 2TB Firecuda ( already have ) Networking: Intel Quad port NIC ( already have ) 1 Onbaord ( already have ) I have below questions : 1. Is this a good idea? 2. If point 1 is a good/decent idea should 5950x is enough or a overkill ? will 3950x would do ?

Hello Did you managed to prgoress this ? I am considering same setup but with a X570 Chipset

done bought it

Vms will be mostly hosting SQL DB and frontend to access locally and online( via https). As i have same Lenovo C30 for networks i am ok with power it costs but as you mentioned i am just considering new hardware due to parts avalability. I am also confused with below listing on ebay as it sounds intersting too. Lenovo Thinkstation C30 Workstation Dual Intel Xeon E5-2658 v2 2.4 Ghz 10 Core (20 threads) per processor 128GB DDR3 PC3-12800R (ECC / Registered) - 8x 16GB modules Intel 1.6TB SSD - 100% Health ATI Radeon HD5450 Graphics Card

User Lenovo is for £370 approx but i am happy to spend around £600-700 So if you have something in mind i am all up for it.

Thats the plan which ones you recommend ? So you reommend 3700X over Lenovo ? I am considering 3700x due to hardwre being recent but its a pain to find a ECC compatible motherboard. Also Pcie4.0 will be a good feature to use in future. But Lenovo will be easy on pocket and i can invest in NAS or a storage solution too within this budget. Only reason i am looking for a workstaion is due to noise issues with Rack based hardware. What are you views?

I will be needing two VMs with fast response time. I am thinking to use Intel DC SSD for now for storage and do you think the above 3700X setup will be nippy for Vms? ( even if there will be aronud 4/5 VMs running) I am planning 10GB Ram each VM and 4 cores minimum for both workload Vms for now. I currently run my home Network Lab on Lenovo Thinkstation C30 and it works fine. There is another one of those available near me with below config do you think that will be enough with 2 X Intel Xeon E5 2630 v2 32GB RAM NVIDIA Quadro NVS 310 and NVS 315

Hello I am planning to get a new Proxmox server Setup my budget is around £600-700 I have 3/4 Vms with active work load( SQL,Firewall,Load balancer) Below is the config i have chosen happy to get some input and can consider Intel too :) https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/ZR4WQD Thank you

which model on SSDs and HDDs would you recommend ? i am little new to Storage domain

Perfect! Poxmox is installed on a single MSata 120GB drive ideal & budget setup for storage as I have less personal Data and more of these VMs storage/backup tasks on my hand to keep. So two SSD's and a Synology Backup it is as per your opinion?

Thank you. with option one shall I just use them as LVM or make a ZFS Mirrored pol ? I understand Proxmox can act as a network share, but coming from Synology i think i might need more NAS features and Do you know if Proxmox support DLNA ? considering SSDs will wear fast I am planning to run Syslog and other active writing on a non mission critical disk, Most of my VM are cybersecurity/Network security related which I can take backup of configuration and restore which I can restore in the event of a failure. Fast storage will be mostly for Windows ,Ubuntu or Test VMs I want to make quickly and then destroy once work is done. Do you think I should keep the Synology D718+ NAS ?? Also what would be ideal and budget setup in your opinion?

Hello Everyone, I need some suggestion for the home lab storage. I have a Synology DS718+ ( 2x2TB RAID) with Lenovo C30 running Proxmox. Lenovo C30 Specs 2xE5-2640V2 32GB ECC Ram( ram upgrade planned). Msata Drive for Proxmox OS I have a 1TB 7200rpm and WD 320Gb 10k SATA Drive. Quad port NIC Nvidia K4000 PCI passthrough to a Gaming VM HD6450 1GB for Server Video out. Mobo has four SATA connectors two SATA 6.0Gb/s (red), two SATA 3.0Gb/s (orange) Three SATA connectors via integrated Storage Controller Unit (SCU) in chipset, SATA 3.0Gb/s, RAID 0, 1, 5 support. To use these SCU SATA ports I need a SASHDD enablement module which is expensive and not available that easily. I am thinking to have a fast and reliable storage on Proxmox which I can recover in case of failure and I have one Spare PCIe Gen 3 slot free too. I need storage as this server hosts a Syslog server, Firewall, Load balancer, Proxy, CSGOServer and Home assistant I have 3 options in mind.( happy to be corrected ) Just add 2x 2TB SSD on Red SATA ports and make a ZFS Mirrored Pool and move the 1TB and 320GB SATA drive to Orange ports ( cheapest way in my opining with fast storage) Sell that Synology NAS without HDDs and just add 2x1TB SSD make a ZFS Mirrored Pool for Proxmox and then buy a LSI card and PCI passthrough to a TrueNAS VM and use the 2x 2TB HDD out of Synology for initial use and then scale eventually.( But there is no Space for adding more drives to the case) Same as Point 2 but use Fractal Design define R6 case to store all the drives easily and more ventilation with potentially a bigger power supply ( currently C30 has 800W Gold + PSU) This is all what I have in my mind, but happy to take a different approach, just want to keep it budget.

placed a pre order for MSI MAG X570 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard 3rd of June it is