Shrink my server setup, *advice needed*

[WigglesTheHoly]

Good morning LTT Forum Junkies

 

I'm looking to downsize my current set of servers to one single server that can withstand some expandability (more VM's) and sata is a must. I would really like an atx form factor so I can build it as a desktop tower size (perhaps using an air 540 case). 

 

My server setup:

Server 1 (vmware) 

HP Proliant DL320 G6

4 CPUs x 2.133Ghz E5606 Xeon

Vmware Sphere 6

Processor sockets: 1
Cores Per: 4
2 nics

4 virtual Machines

Currently 3 data stores ( I have drives to expand this but ran out of slots) 4tb currently all together 
Ram 20gb (15.5gb currently allocated)

VMware is running from a 120gb samsung evo ssd. 

 

 

systems ran server 1
Server 2016 Domain Controller
Windows 7 File Server/Murmur Server/Plex Server/Milestone VMS for security Cameras. 

Windows 7 vm of my old pc incase I need to go back and grab a file or run a program I had on that machine that is so rarely used I decided not to transfer it to the new.

Random Linux playground

 

Server 2
Free Nas

4 2tb drives zfs ( I have 3 more but ran out of slots) 
Build    FreeNAS-9.10.2-U6 (561f0d7a1)
Platform    Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3440 @ 2.53GHz
Memory    16344MB
System Time    Thu Oct 12 10:25:09 CDT 2017
Uptime    10:25AM up 49 days, 15:53, 0 users
Load Average    0.11, 0.34, 0.47

 

I'm looking to find one atx motherboard with say 12-16 cores 32gb of ram and enough sata ports to make the pope cry. Problem is I want to keep this down on a budget. I will sell these 2 servers once I get the new server up and going so that money can be rolled into the purchase price. It would be awesome if I could find a place that would buy these servers and sell me a driveless server with dual 3ghz or higher hexcore cpu's and 32gb of ram. I understand the freenas server is overkill on power but it was what was available to me and had the appropriate sata ports and slots at the time. 

 

Any suggestions or leads would be super helpful. 

 

I really want to keep the price down as much as possible. This is just a home server setup that I use to practice on and run plex and a murmur server for my gaming habit. 

 

Thanks LTTF!

[GDRRiley]

well your looking at a threadripper system if you need 16 cores. as for sata ports just get old RAID cards and flash to IT mode. for premade servers. severmonkey.com sells some for cheap. 

[Jarsky]

Motherboard: http://www.ebay.com/itm/FOR-Asus-Z8NA-D6-Dual-Xeon-Socket-LGA-1366-intel-5500-server-motherboard-/253168350263

Pair of X5670: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Matched-Pair-of-Intel-Six-Core-Xeon-X5670-2-93GHz-CPUs-AT80614005130AA-SLBV7-/122745517403

RAM: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAMSUNG-DDR3-32GB-4-X-8GB-ECC-REG-SERVER-MEMORY-8GB-2RX4-PC3-8500R-/112596645931

HBA Card: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-LSI-Internal-SAS-SATA-9211-8i-6Gbps-8-Ports-HBA-PCI-E-RAID-Controller-Card-/131856071144

 

In an ATX case. You can always add an expansion card later on for the SAS if needed. 

 

[WigglesTheHoly]

Jarsky you've hit the nail on the head. I'm a big Asus motherboard fan, I typically only buy Asus motherboards. This one worried me coming directly from China but they seem to be plentiful enough to replace if something goes wrong. I was thinking last night it would be awesome if there was a service where I could borrow a 10tb drive to move all my data on my file storage system to before I build the raid. Then run sever destructive passes to make my data unrecoverable before I send it back. Honestly, there isn't any data on my storage server that is private, I keep that stuff a little closer to the chest. I could see it backfiring for some people however who aren't smart enough to run enough wipes to kill it off.