virtualization

The company I work for has been using RHEVM for several years, but it has gone end-of-life. I've spent the past 4 weeks trying to get OpenShift Virtualization installed without success. Red Hat is now saying that OpenShift in a disconnected environment is not geared for a small IT shop like we...

Hello there, I am in the process of planning a high-performance storage server build that will primarily be used in a virtualization environment. My main goals are to achieve high IOPS; low latency; and sufficient capacity to support multiple virtual machines running resource intensive...

Hey all! I'm finally getting up off my butt and building a proper-ish homelab. I'll worry about making it pretty and racked as I go, but at least for now, I have a decent UPS, I have a machine that's suitable for backend storage, and now, I wish to have a machine that I can run some virtual...

I've recently changed my server to run as a VM using KVM/QEMU via virt-manager. All has generally gone well, but I now want to make use of the machine's DVD writer from the VM. I've tried passing it through in the same way as I've passed through hard disks (but selecting CDROM and SCSI). That...

Hello All, i recently made the dumb decision to start my own company and self fund the entire thing. All i do is host docker containers (not kubernetes). my current hardware config is as follows: 1 C6400 chassis with 4 nodes of the following specs per: 2x intel xeon 6150 512gb of DDR4 ram HBA...

I currently have a Dell Optiplex 9020 SFF (Intel Core i5-4590 3.3ghz cpu (no gpu/igpu), 32gb ram) running as a Proxmox virtualization server. I also have a Synology RS822+ fileserver that also hosts Plex. I'm out of resources on the Dell, and I want to take the Plex pressure off my file server...

I'm looking for advice on building a new storage + virtualization home server. Some 12 or so years ago I built my 'current' NAS, consisting of a then brand-new G34 platform with a very cheap Opteron 6128 octacore and nice ASUS KGPE-D16 motherboard housed in a Norco 20-bay case. Over time I've...

First post here, I hope someone can offer some advice... :) I'm looking at building a small home lab virtualisation setup. I use ESXi at work so would like to stick to that for home. I'm not too bothered about official support as long as it works and is stable. For now, I've been using my...

Need to run some sketchy applications in a linux or windows vm, let's call it SketchVM. What I want to accomplish: - SketchVM to have access to the internet. -Malware on SketchVM cannot infect proxmox hypervisor -Malware on SketchVM cannot infect other vms or write to their drives -Malware...

Hello together, so I’ve just registered here because I’ve the feeling there are quite some users that could give me reasonable input on this. I’m playing with the though of getting my own personal homeserver for quite some time. It should be noted that I’m working in the field of consultation...

Hello, I'm a complete newbie when it comes to building servers so please be patient :) Recently I decided to build a server which would be used for storage, but also as a workstation where I would have multiple virtual machines for testing/gaming/audio production. After some research it seems...

I'm currently on a quest to build The Ultimate Off-grid SOHO Server Rack (MegaThread). In order to design the Servers I first need to settle on a hypervisor to run. Current State Discuss --> Plan --> POC/Test --> Implement/Automate --> Backup/Monitor --> Reiterate Goals Hyper-converged - No...

I am trying to figure out a way to set up 2 seats on one computer. I know it is possible but I have a really hard time to figure out what is the best way for my use case, what are the benefits or what are the trade-off. Here is what I would like to do: a 2 dynamic attribution of resources seats...

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Hi There, I'm posting this message in the hope that here I find some opinions, tips, alerts on building a new server. It's a loooong message, so please bear with me, I really need opinions to make an edutated choice. My intention is to build a server for a (very) small company, in order to...

Hi and sorry in advance for my bad english. I have a lot of questions because I have no experience in virtual systems ( I only used VirtualBox several times on Windows) and unix just for fun/rooting smartphones, etc. I am in the middle of setup of my home server because I no longer have time to...

Hello, I am considering an upgrade from Opteron 4180 to Opteron 4384 and I was wondering if anyone has experience running a 64-bit VMs inside a nested ESXi on this CPU. In otherwords if it supports AMD Rabit Virtualization Indexing that is required for this.

Hello STH forum, I have a question about running Windows on Proxmox because this is giving me a bad time so far. I'm asking here at STH first because it seems to me there is more technical knowledge on STH than on the Proxmox forums. Some relevant specs of the box I'm running this on: Intel...

I have Dell Optiplex 790. I bought it for $40. It has an i3-2120, 250 GB HDD, and 2 X 2 Gb of DDR3. I'm planning on using it for an ESXi box for Zoneminder and pfSense. I'm wanting to utilize VT-d so I could pass a network card to pfSense. I am looking at buying an i5-2390T for lower wattage...

Hello STH Forums, I'm in the market for a home (virtualization) server and in need of advice. If this isn't the right sub forum, please let me know and I'll repost. Using the guidelines I've filled out what I think will meet my needs. My main concern is I'm overbuying or perhaps missing some...