Hey everybody,
At home, I have two labs, one based on R630s and R730s which I rarely turn on mainly due to noise, and also another smaller one, always-on, based on X10SRM-TF + 1x E5-2628L v4 and 64GB.
I have around an X10DRi. With about 1500 euro, I could bring back to life this environment pushing it to 256GB of memory + 2x E5-2680 v4.
The current X10SRM-TF + 1x E5-2628L system is used for:
- ZFS Filer
- Media center (Plex)
With the upgrade, my primary aim is to have enough resources for a proper OpenShift/K8s lab.
I was also thinking of adding a GPU for gaming .... but of course, gaming on a Xeon is not ideal.
The question is whether investing additional money on Broadwell makes sense at this point in time or if I should move to something more recent like a CascadeLake (due to some constraint, the platform has to be Intel, so Epyc is, unfortunately, not possible).
For example, RHEL8 has no official support for anything older than Haswell, investing 1.5k€ today in a 4+ years old platform sounds a bit wrong. I don't have a clear estimate for a Purley solution, but it will probably push the figure near 3k and out of budget.
Also, anybody gaming on a comparable system? If so, what's the result?
Thanks a lot!
At home, I have two labs, one based on R630s and R730s which I rarely turn on mainly due to noise, and also another smaller one, always-on, based on X10SRM-TF + 1x E5-2628L v4 and 64GB.
I have around an X10DRi. With about 1500 euro, I could bring back to life this environment pushing it to 256GB of memory + 2x E5-2680 v4.
The current X10SRM-TF + 1x E5-2628L system is used for:
- ZFS Filer
- Media center (Plex)
With the upgrade, my primary aim is to have enough resources for a proper OpenShift/K8s lab.
I was also thinking of adding a GPU for gaming .... but of course, gaming on a Xeon is not ideal.
The question is whether investing additional money on Broadwell makes sense at this point in time or if I should move to something more recent like a CascadeLake (due to some constraint, the platform has to be Intel, so Epyc is, unfortunately, not possible).
For example, RHEL8 has no official support for anything older than Haswell, investing 1.5k€ today in a 4+ years old platform sounds a bit wrong. I don't have a clear estimate for a Purley solution, but it will probably push the figure near 3k and out of budget.
Also, anybody gaming on a comparable system? If so, what's the result?
Thanks a lot!