Hi,
I am trying to move my homelab away from BIG servers to smaller units, preferably using non enterprise hardware. (Except for SSD's and 10gbps nic - thanks @i386 for pointing out the conflict :-D )
I want to build a 5 node proxmox cluster with ceph as backing storage.
The last couple of months I have tried to find good enough hardware to satisfy my needs, but I keep finding nothing - either its too expensive for my taste, uses too much power or have too little expansion capability.
I am looking for small units - so I potentially can stack them on top of each other - I love the 1L units, but they are too constrained.
What I need is:
Smallest case possible that can contain the following:
2-4 SATA drives
1 or 2 m.2 SATA/nvme slots - or if that is not possible, 2 extra SATA slots
32GB RAM minimum, 64GB better
Built in NIC
At least 1 pcie slot that can fit a 10gbps network card
Low power consumption
4+ cores - more is better -
What I don't need, but would be nice - hotswap capability.
My budget is around 2000 EUR possibly a little more. This should cover the cost of:
Case
Motherboard+CPU+heatsink/cooler
PSU/powerbrick
Ideally RAM
I did consider just shelving out for 5xSupermicro SC721 - and find a couple of mini-itx motherboards - but I would really like a case just a little smaller, since having 5 of these standing will take up some room anyway.
I am already running a 5 node k8s cluster on dell wyse 5070 - and I have really fallen in love with these "low power" machines - but they are too constrained for a real VM cluster - simply because you cannot expand on storage. But something similar with more storage would be ideal
Any ideas is very much welcome.
I am trying to move my homelab away from BIG servers to smaller units, preferably using non enterprise hardware. (Except for SSD's and 10gbps nic - thanks @i386 for pointing out the conflict :-D )
I want to build a 5 node proxmox cluster with ceph as backing storage.
The last couple of months I have tried to find good enough hardware to satisfy my needs, but I keep finding nothing - either its too expensive for my taste, uses too much power or have too little expansion capability.
I am looking for small units - so I potentially can stack them on top of each other - I love the 1L units, but they are too constrained.
What I need is:
Smallest case possible that can contain the following:
2-4 SATA drives
1 or 2 m.2 SATA/nvme slots - or if that is not possible, 2 extra SATA slots
32GB RAM minimum, 64GB better
Built in NIC
At least 1 pcie slot that can fit a 10gbps network card
Low power consumption
4+ cores - more is better -
What I don't need, but would be nice - hotswap capability.
My budget is around 2000 EUR possibly a little more. This should cover the cost of:
Case
Motherboard+CPU+heatsink/cooler
PSU/powerbrick
Ideally RAM
I did consider just shelving out for 5xSupermicro SC721 - and find a couple of mini-itx motherboards - but I would really like a case just a little smaller, since having 5 of these standing will take up some room anyway.
I am already running a 5 node k8s cluster on dell wyse 5070 - and I have really fallen in love with these "low power" machines - but they are too constrained for a real VM cluster - simply because you cannot expand on storage. But something similar with more storage would be ideal
Any ideas is very much welcome.
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