Build’s Name: Xeon Scaleable/NVME/(Optane?) Proxmox Build
Operating System/ Storage Platform: Proxmox (Debian)
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4114
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SPH-nCTPF
Chassis: Supermicro SC216
Drives: 128GB Intel 600p (Hypervisor OS); 2 x (900p Optane or P3520 NVME)? for VM's OS; 24 x 250GB 2.5" for VM Bulk Store
RAM: 96GB (6 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 ECC (starting with 64GB until year end)
Power Supply: 2 x Supermicro PWS-501P-1R 80Plus Platinum
Other Bits: Rack Rails
Usage Profile: Host VMs for home services and as test bed for some occupational skills development
Hey All
So this build is getting ready to come together. Almost all the parts are here (the CPU/Motherboard just arrived at my local sort facility, so they get to sit 2 miles from my house until Monday...sigh).
Two parts are still up in the air, the first being the SSDs that will host the VM OS disks. It's either going to be a pair of Intel DC P3520 SSDs or a pair of the rumored Intel 900p "Enthusiast" Optane AICs that are said to be announced late October. Not worried about that decision, I'm going to see where price/availability lands on the Optane and make the call. The other is the memory. I'm grabbing the max speed the Xeon Silver will support and getting a DIMM for each channel for best bandwidth, I wanted to make sure the DIMMs I'm looking to pull the trigger on are compatible (restocking fees pack quite a punch with RAM prices these days). The two I'm stuck between are linked below. Not sure if there's a benefit of one over the other, Supermicro's Certified list looks at DDR4-2666 as that's the max the board would support if a Gold/Platinum were put on it, so I unfortunately can't just go straight off of it. Any thoughts are appreciated!
Supermicro MEM-DR416L-CV01-ER24 DDR4
Samsung M393A2G40DB1-CRC DDR4
I'll post some build updates/pics too once this starts getting assembled.
Operating System/ Storage Platform: Proxmox (Debian)
CPU: Intel Xeon Silver 4114
Motherboard: Supermicro X11SPH-nCTPF
Chassis: Supermicro SC216
Drives: 128GB Intel 600p (Hypervisor OS); 2 x (900p Optane or P3520 NVME)? for VM's OS; 24 x 250GB 2.5" for VM Bulk Store
RAM: 96GB (6 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 ECC (starting with 64GB until year end)
Power Supply: 2 x Supermicro PWS-501P-1R 80Plus Platinum
Other Bits: Rack Rails
Usage Profile: Host VMs for home services and as test bed for some occupational skills development
Hey All
So this build is getting ready to come together. Almost all the parts are here (the CPU/Motherboard just arrived at my local sort facility, so they get to sit 2 miles from my house until Monday...sigh).
Two parts are still up in the air, the first being the SSDs that will host the VM OS disks. It's either going to be a pair of Intel DC P3520 SSDs or a pair of the rumored Intel 900p "Enthusiast" Optane AICs that are said to be announced late October. Not worried about that decision, I'm going to see where price/availability lands on the Optane and make the call. The other is the memory. I'm grabbing the max speed the Xeon Silver will support and getting a DIMM for each channel for best bandwidth, I wanted to make sure the DIMMs I'm looking to pull the trigger on are compatible (restocking fees pack quite a punch with RAM prices these days). The two I'm stuck between are linked below. Not sure if there's a benefit of one over the other, Supermicro's Certified list looks at DDR4-2666 as that's the max the board would support if a Gold/Platinum were put on it, so I unfortunately can't just go straight off of it. Any thoughts are appreciated!
Supermicro MEM-DR416L-CV01-ER24 DDR4
Samsung M393A2G40DB1-CRC DDR4
I'll post some build updates/pics too once this starts getting assembled.