Server Build - Looking for Guidance

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Hi,

I’m looking to build a server that will serve as a virtualization platform (proxmox). I need to run around 10 VM’s, one of which will be a DC. I spin up and spin down servers very often, right now I do it through vmware workstation but my needs have outgrown my current setup.

I was looking at newer ryzen chips, but I feel like I’m likely to be constrained by the lack of threads. I was considering a used last gen threadripper or something on the newer side for epyc or intel but I’d like to keep total cost under … 3k USD.

Can anyone give me some tips/tricks/guidance? I have a rack, so size isnt an issue.

Thank you.

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I’d recommend first starting by evaluating your resource needs. Look at your VMs, storage, etc… and make a determination of what resources are required to accomplish your goals. Once you’ve got a general idea of CPU/GPU/Memory/Disk/network requirements, we can guide you a bit better.

You can get some great used rackmount systems for 2k on ebay.

Here’s an example: 64 cores, 128GB RAM, 2GHz, 4x25G, $1950.

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You can always over provision CPU, you can’t overprovision RAM.

A 6 or 8 core chip with SMT will be fine for that many VMs if what you’re doing isn’t excessively CPU intensive.

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proxmox on Ryzen reset bug is a thing

I already did the performance vs power calculation for all enterprise CPU’s…

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