Build’s Name: to be determinated
Operating System/ Storage Platform: to be determinated (win server 12 essentials or win 10 pro)
CPU: 2x AMD Epyc 7281 (Box)
Motherboard: Supermicro H11DSi-O
Chassis: Phanteks Enthoo Pro Tempered Glass
Drives: SSD Evo 840 256gb + 3x4TB WD red (RAID5) + Wd Red 8TB (external distant location backup)
RAM: 2x16GB DDR4 2133 ECC-Reg (Kingston KVR21R15D4/16)
Add-in GPU Cards: No GPU yet but intending to get a Tesla or Titan for the near future (deep learning, Fp32 vs FP64? => another debate)
Add-in network Cards: 2x Mellanox ConnectX10Gbit (1 card for the server and 1 card for my workstation. Direct link. Really cheap solution!)
Add-in case fans: starting with the stock Panteks fans. May add some noctuas. Will depend on the temps
Power Supply: Seasonic 850W Prime Gold
Other Bits: 2x Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 CPU coolers
I already have some components. The others are already ordered and coming from various sellers. I will probably post some pictures when I will build the server (end of march because had issues with the order of the supermicro motherboard).
Usage Profile:
I'm an french entreprenor, working for myself. I'm in the field of trading/fund management. Already have an upgraded home build workstation. As I needed more core power for my computations (parallel computing for increasing backtests speed), and also a computer to do other various stuff on an 24/24 basis (real time streaming, data storage), I decided to go with AMD Epyc, espacially regarding the fantastic performance/price ratio.
Here are the main usages:
1) Financial computations: backtesting using multiple cores (in fact, this server will be part of a cluster of up to arround 86 cores (90% max cores usage =>more efficient) close to my main workstation (overclocked i9 7960x))
2) Real time operations: streaming financial data (tick data) + making live financial transactions
3) NAS/data storage/local backup for several OS (server/workstation/laptop)
Issues
1) Memory: already have it. I know that this will not be enough. Will for sure upgrade to 64gb minimum. It is difficult to know right now how much ram I will really need. Wait for it. Did not find the compatibility on the supermicro website but according to their support it should work. What do you think? What are your advice guys regarding the possible upgrade? Any model suggestion?
2) OS: I previsouly had another home made server (E5 2686 v4) running on win R2 2012 essentials. I'm not a win server specialist. Had some issues with it. Regarding my usage win 10 may be enough (compatibility issues, easy to manage...) but for sure, may not be the optimal solution (espacially for stability...). VM may be a good choice on win server 12. What do you think guys, should I go for win server again or win 10 should do the job regarding my usages? I'm OK to forgot lets say, 10% performance, for using win 10 PRO instead of win 12 server, but no less.
3) Fans: I saw on other posts that there are some issues with Noctua CPU fans on supermicro motherboards. But it seems that it can be fixed. https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...ild-for-fluid-simulation-now-with-pics.17703/. Any additionnal feedback on it is welcome!
4) SSD: not really a good solution but already own it. Will change it in the near future. On a short term horizon, it may not impact performances
5) RAID: I did not already ordered the disks. I'm thinking of the RAID 5 with 3 disk + 1 distant 8TB disk external backup (optic fiber connection on both site). I'm really new to RAID. I think that 8TB will be enough for the start. For the external backup I may use incremental backuping but not really know something on it.. What do you think about it? What be the optimal configuration?
Thanks to all!
NB: I discovered this STH some weeks ago. Very useful and friendly place. Nice to meet you guys and thanks for the job!
Operating System/ Storage Platform: to be determinated (win server 12 essentials or win 10 pro)
CPU: 2x AMD Epyc 7281 (Box)
Motherboard: Supermicro H11DSi-O
Chassis: Phanteks Enthoo Pro Tempered Glass
Drives: SSD Evo 840 256gb + 3x4TB WD red (RAID5) + Wd Red 8TB (external distant location backup)
RAM: 2x16GB DDR4 2133 ECC-Reg (Kingston KVR21R15D4/16)
Add-in GPU Cards: No GPU yet but intending to get a Tesla or Titan for the near future (deep learning, Fp32 vs FP64? => another debate)
Add-in network Cards: 2x Mellanox ConnectX10Gbit (1 card for the server and 1 card for my workstation. Direct link. Really cheap solution!)
Add-in case fans: starting with the stock Panteks fans. May add some noctuas. Will depend on the temps
Power Supply: Seasonic 850W Prime Gold
Other Bits: 2x Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 CPU coolers
I already have some components. The others are already ordered and coming from various sellers. I will probably post some pictures when I will build the server (end of march because had issues with the order of the supermicro motherboard).
Usage Profile:
I'm an french entreprenor, working for myself. I'm in the field of trading/fund management. Already have an upgraded home build workstation. As I needed more core power for my computations (parallel computing for increasing backtests speed), and also a computer to do other various stuff on an 24/24 basis (real time streaming, data storage), I decided to go with AMD Epyc, espacially regarding the fantastic performance/price ratio.
Here are the main usages:
1) Financial computations: backtesting using multiple cores (in fact, this server will be part of a cluster of up to arround 86 cores (90% max cores usage =>more efficient) close to my main workstation (overclocked i9 7960x))
2) Real time operations: streaming financial data (tick data) + making live financial transactions
3) NAS/data storage/local backup for several OS (server/workstation/laptop)
Issues
1) Memory: already have it. I know that this will not be enough. Will for sure upgrade to 64gb minimum. It is difficult to know right now how much ram I will really need. Wait for it. Did not find the compatibility on the supermicro website but according to their support it should work. What do you think? What are your advice guys regarding the possible upgrade? Any model suggestion?
2) OS: I previsouly had another home made server (E5 2686 v4) running on win R2 2012 essentials. I'm not a win server specialist. Had some issues with it. Regarding my usage win 10 may be enough (compatibility issues, easy to manage...) but for sure, may not be the optimal solution (espacially for stability...). VM may be a good choice on win server 12. What do you think guys, should I go for win server again or win 10 should do the job regarding my usages? I'm OK to forgot lets say, 10% performance, for using win 10 PRO instead of win 12 server, but no less.
3) Fans: I saw on other posts that there are some issues with Noctua CPU fans on supermicro motherboards. But it seems that it can be fixed. https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...ild-for-fluid-simulation-now-with-pics.17703/. Any additionnal feedback on it is welcome!
4) SSD: not really a good solution but already own it. Will change it in the near future. On a short term horizon, it may not impact performances
5) RAID: I did not already ordered the disks. I'm thinking of the RAID 5 with 3 disk + 1 distant 8TB disk external backup (optic fiber connection on both site). I'm really new to RAID. I think that 8TB will be enough for the start. For the external backup I may use incremental backuping but not really know something on it.. What do you think about it? What be the optimal configuration?
Thanks to all!
NB: I discovered this STH some weeks ago. Very useful and friendly place. Nice to meet you guys and thanks for the job!
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