Greetings
For a some years now I've been running a Hyper-V server at home for hobby and learning. It also serves as a file server. I use Storage Spaces so all the resiliency (mirroring, sometimes parity) is done in software not hardware. I plan to stick with Windows Server as that's what I want to explore. I think I'm ready to shift to all solid state storage and jump to Epyc.
My current rig is:
I'd like to upgrade and plan to keep the next server for a few years as well.
What I think I want is something like this...
I've been looking at Thinkmate's configurator a lot but (based on email with them) the configurator will allow you to spec a machine that is not viable (like let you pick U.2 drives when they are not supported with that chassis, for example). Also, I'd like to configure PCIe4 for at least the storage drives (but ideally all the drives) but Thinkmate doesn't have that option available yet.
Any other supplier to recommend?
For a some years now I've been running a Hyper-V server at home for hobby and learning. It also serves as a file server. I use Storage Spaces so all the resiliency (mirroring, sometimes parity) is done in software not hardware. I plan to stick with Windows Server as that's what I want to explore. I think I'm ready to shift to all solid state storage and jump to Epyc.
My current rig is:
- Desktop
- Intel i5-2500k
- 32 GB RAM
- Samsung 840 EVO 1TB - boot and OS
- 8x HGST HUH7280080ALE600 - storage
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 - periodically dabble with crypto mining
I'd like to upgrade and plan to keep the next server for a few years as well.
What I think I want is something like this...
- Tower or rack
- AMD EPYC 7313P
- 128+ GB RAM (8x16GB with 8 available slots for future additions)
- 2x 512GB NVMe SSD - boot and OS
- 12x 240-960GB hotswap NVMe SSD - storage
- 12x available hotswap NVMe SSD (for future additions)
- (maybe) Crypto-decent GPU
I've been looking at Thinkmate's configurator a lot but (based on email with them) the configurator will allow you to spec a machine that is not viable (like let you pick U.2 drives when they are not supported with that chassis, for example). Also, I'd like to configure PCIe4 for at least the storage drives (but ideally all the drives) but Thinkmate doesn't have that option available yet.
Any other supplier to recommend?
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