I'd like to follow up with my initial post, quoted below. I am starting to think that the Xeon D-1500 series isn't what I need at the moment. I say this for 2 reasons - 1, I realize I need more than 2 PCIe slots. 2, $900 is too rich for me at this point for the X10SDV-7TP4F that checks the other boxes.
I want to build a multi-headed home server that will provide the following roles:
* Storage Server (not sure what software, but it will be 4-6x 4TB
* Head 1: HTPC (+ gaming)
* Head 2: Desktop (development, vmware workstation, gaming) [optional]
* Other VMs (development, range building, etc
* Gateway/FW
Is there a Xeon that has decent TDW (one of the things that drew me to the D-1537), great virt support, is fast enough for my use case, and isn't prohibitively expensive? Something that datacenters are dumping? The same goes for mobos, suggestions wanted.
Finally, any good platform that would be a good fit? I have used ESXi for awhile and Hyper-V. I'm interested in Proxmox or Unraid.
Original post: Intel Xeon D-1500 Series Discussion
I want to build a multi-headed home server that will provide the following roles:
* Storage Server (not sure what software, but it will be 4-6x 4TB
* Head 1: HTPC (+ gaming)
* Head 2: Desktop (development, vmware workstation, gaming) [optional]
* Other VMs (development, range building, etc
* Gateway/FW
Is there a Xeon that has decent TDW (one of the things that drew me to the D-1537), great virt support, is fast enough for my use case, and isn't prohibitively expensive? Something that datacenters are dumping? The same goes for mobos, suggestions wanted.
Finally, any good platform that would be a good fit? I have used ESXi for awhile and Hyper-V. I'm interested in Proxmox or Unraid.
Original post: Intel Xeon D-1500 Series Discussion