[ale] Looking for 2 solutions. ???

[Jim Kinney]

+1 on loud. Especially 1U screamers.

That said you can pick up used Dell servers on ebay for $100-$300 that will run for years. If you choose rack mount, go for 2U. Much quieter and easier to add parts. 

On October 13, 2021 3:58:21 PM EDT, Robert Harris via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>I'm saying server as it's a home server to mimic some things we are
>doing
>at work which is vmware esxi/vcenter based including the HA ( luckily
>no
>vsan ).   I've already got the rack and being 15U vs 40U I don't want
>desktop sized chassis's in there and am using the rack to minimize
>noise
>and heat in the guest bedroom.
>
>
>On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 12:27 PM DJ-Pfulio via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> On 10/13/21 12:22 PM, Robert Harris via Ale wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm looking to replace some machines that are way past their prime.
>> > Just moved and got a 15U, 32" deep rack to house them.  So I'm
>> > looking for 2 solutions.
>> >
>> > 1) A standalone baremetal box to run linux.  Only real
>qualification
>> > is it has to take a full-sized video card.  Ideally a 1 or 2U rack
>> > mount.
>> >
>> > 2) I currently have an old 4 node C100 Dell system. a)  It's
>running
>> > my media solution ( Plex and some additional dockerized tools),
>> > letsencrypt, and some other house-hold systems for the family. b)
>> > Using unsupported CPUs I can get to esxi 6.7 at the best. c) I
>would
>> > like to get this on modern CPUs and RAM and if possible stay with a
>4
>> > node system but if not, I can go with some 1U or 2U solutions for
>my
>> > vsphere cluster. d)  So I want something I can keep in my HA
>cluster
>> > but it's not super performance. e)  And very importantly, it's
>going
>> > in the rack in the guest bedroom, I'll be venting the top vents out
>> > the window but noise and heat are pretty important.
>> >
>> > Looking for any suggestions including where to get it, model, etc.
>>
>> For a home setup, avoid "server" stuff.  It just isn't needed
>anymore.
>> If you aren't tied to VMware ESXi, there are plenty of better options
>(for
>> certain values of "better").
>> If you are stuck with ESXi, then you'll want to check out the "white
>box"
>> lists.  I gotta say, dumping ESXi in 2011 was the best decision I've
>make
>> regarding hypervisor choice. It is nice to have excellent, free,
>backup
>> tools too. Perhaps that has changed, but in 2011, the only real
>backup
>> tools cost $1000 for VMware.
>>
>> A typical desktop CPU today can provide 22K passmarks of CPU power
>and
>> 64G-128G of RAM, if you need to run bloated RAM processes like
>Windows.
>> For containers with a few VMs (not all things run in containers), 16G
>of
>> RAM should meet most home needs easily.  Setup 2 systems with nearly
>> identical CPUs+RAM and you can have automatic failover with
>block-level
>> replication.
>>
>> With a little care, you can stick with 6-core, 65W CPUs easily - last
>week
>> I picked up a 6-core Ryzen-G + MB for just under $350.  It is only
>20K
>> passmarks - there is a price to avoid having to buy a GPU (which was
>my
>> goal).
>>
>> Racks might look cool, but they are loud, power-sucking, with
>expensive
>> parts that just aren't needed in a home environment.
>>
>> IHMO.
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