Hello Everyone,
Sorry in advance for asking any stupid questions. I will try to provide many details as possible and also provide details from my research.
I need advice or suggestion for trying to build or buy pre-built budget friendly and power saver server for homelab virtualization.
I would like to build homelab for learning Microsoft Hyper-V 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (AD-DS, DNS, DHCP, File Server, Remote Desktop), NAS, Linux, VPN, PFSense, Networking, Powershell and any other new technology that I come across.
1.My Budget is around $500.00.
2.I would like to build or buy a pre-built server that I might run 24/7 (not sure yet). I like Mini-ITX build. But, that might be costly or go over budget.
3.The Pre-Built servers that I been looking at are example: Dell Precision T3600, HP Z600, Z800, Lenovo TS140 all are Xeon processor with 32 GB RAM.
4.The Processor model I been looking at are examples: Xeon E3-1226, 1230, 1270, Intel Avoton C2750, Intel Xeon D-1541 (Out of my budget).
5.I need to only run 2 Hard Drives example: 1 SSD for running VM's, 1 Mechanical Drive for storage.
6.I might run around between 5 to 10 VM's.
Hopefully, I provided enough information. Please help me or suggest build or a pre-built server.
Thank you very much.
Sorry in advance for asking any stupid questions. I will try to provide many details as possible and also provide details from my research.
I need advice or suggestion for trying to build or buy pre-built budget friendly and power saver server for homelab virtualization.
I would like to build homelab for learning Microsoft Hyper-V 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (AD-DS, DNS, DHCP, File Server, Remote Desktop), NAS, Linux, VPN, PFSense, Networking, Powershell and any other new technology that I come across.
1.My Budget is around $500.00.
2.I would like to build or buy a pre-built server that I might run 24/7 (not sure yet). I like Mini-ITX build. But, that might be costly or go over budget.
3.The Pre-Built servers that I been looking at are example: Dell Precision T3600, HP Z600, Z800, Lenovo TS140 all are Xeon processor with 32 GB RAM.
4.The Processor model I been looking at are examples: Xeon E3-1226, 1230, 1270, Intel Avoton C2750, Intel Xeon D-1541 (Out of my budget).
5.I need to only run 2 Hard Drives example: 1 SSD for running VM's, 1 Mechanical Drive for storage.
6.I might run around between 5 to 10 VM's.
Hopefully, I provided enough information. Please help me or suggest build or a pre-built server.
Thank you very much.