Hi all,
I have had this server since 2016, with the only addition being a cheap 2nd hand Intel Xeon E5-2697A V4. I'm looking at refreshing this machine with a new Motherboard, CPU and RAM (storage at a later date) to get onto a modern platform as well as opening up options for more modern storage running on NVME.
The machine runs Proxmox as its hypervisor:
My current system
CPU: E5-2697A V4 (2.6Ghz, 16c/32t)
RAM: 128GB 2133Mhz
Motherboard: X10SRL-F
SSD: 1TB Samsung 840 Pro
SSD: 1TB Samsung 840 Pro
HDD: 4x 6TB Ironwolf Pro
NIC: i350-T4, 4 port NIC - in an LACP team
PSU: Seasonic Focus Gold 550w
VMs
(Backup: All of this gets backed up nightly to a separate system running Proxmox Backup Server)
Possibilities
Considering my workload isn't that CPU intensive I'm open to moving to a lower core count and possibly a more energy friendly CPU. Although I'd still like 128Gb RAM to give me the possibility to expand and play with technology which I like to do on occasion.
CPUs
I'm considering the following part: AMD EPYC 7232P Rome UP - 8-Core 3.10GHz 32MB 120W
Unfortunately the higher end 8 cores are unavailable in my country (AMD EPYC 7252/7262). The 32MB cache might not be such a problem, but I would have liked to get the CPUs with 64MB cache instead.
The only other alternatives that are available are the following, I can afford them, but I think they will be overkill for my workload that sits Idle on a 6 year old 16c CPU.
Question: Given the workload described above, would a AMD EPYC 7232P 8c/16t suffice? Is there any merit to moving up to a Rome or Milan 16 core?
Thanks in advance
Edit: reading this review, https://www.servethehome.com/amd-epyc-7232p-review-hard-to-buy-but-solid-part/3/ it seems like the EPYC 7302P is more "bang for buck".
7302P = ~$700USD (converted)
7232P = ~$400USD (converted)
I have had this server since 2016, with the only addition being a cheap 2nd hand Intel Xeon E5-2697A V4. I'm looking at refreshing this machine with a new Motherboard, CPU and RAM (storage at a later date) to get onto a modern platform as well as opening up options for more modern storage running on NVME.
The machine runs Proxmox as its hypervisor:
My current system
CPU: E5-2697A V4 (2.6Ghz, 16c/32t)
RAM: 128GB 2133Mhz
Motherboard: X10SRL-F
SSD: 1TB Samsung 840 Pro
SSD: 1TB Samsung 840 Pro
HDD: 4x 6TB Ironwolf Pro
NIC: i350-T4, 4 port NIC - in an LACP team
PSU: Seasonic Focus Gold 550w
VMs
- VM running Containers (8c, 16GB RAM)
- VM running Graylog (6c, 16GB RAM)
- VM running SQL backup software: MariaDB, postgresSQL (2c, 4GB RAM )
- VM running Email archival software (2c, 4GB RAM)
- VM running Nextcloud (4c, 4GB RAM)
- VM running Ansible deployment server (2c, 4GB RAM)
- VM running NAS (2c, 4GB RAM)
- VM running Bitcoin verification node (2c, 4GB RAM)
- VM running Litecoin verification node (2c, 4GB RAM)
- VM running Passbolt (2c, 4GB)
(Backup: All of this gets backed up nightly to a separate system running Proxmox Backup Server)
Possibilities
Considering my workload isn't that CPU intensive I'm open to moving to a lower core count and possibly a more energy friendly CPU. Although I'd still like 128Gb RAM to give me the possibility to expand and play with technology which I like to do on occasion.
CPUs
I'm considering the following part: AMD EPYC 7232P Rome UP - 8-Core 3.10GHz 32MB 120W
Unfortunately the higher end 8 cores are unavailable in my country (AMD EPYC 7252/7262). The 32MB cache might not be such a problem, but I would have liked to get the CPUs with 64MB cache instead.
The only other alternatives that are available are the following, I can afford them, but I think they will be overkill for my workload that sits Idle on a 6 year old 16c CPU.
- AMD EPYC 7302P Rome UP - 16-Core 3.00GHz 128MB 155W
- AMD EPYC 7313P Milan UP - 16-Core 3.00GHz 128MB SP3 155W
Question: Given the workload described above, would a AMD EPYC 7232P 8c/16t suffice? Is there any merit to moving up to a Rome or Milan 16 core?
Thanks in advance
Edit: reading this review, https://www.servethehome.com/amd-epyc-7232p-review-hard-to-buy-but-solid-part/3/ it seems like the EPYC 7302P is more "bang for buck".
7302P = ~$700USD (converted)
7232P = ~$400USD (converted)
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