Hi Everyone,
I currently have a Dell R715 racked in a full size server cabinet, which contains dual AMD Opteron 6168 1.9 GHz processors (12 cores each) and 64GB RAM. Checking the average power consumption in iDrac, it seems to be consuming an average of 200 watts, with just a couple small Linux servers running on it at the moment. Overall, I'm happy with it, but I'm wondering if I'd be better off replacing it with a new Xeon D-1528 or D-1541, which would consume much less power and overall space. But, is this 6 or 8 core system with say, 64 GB RAM, capable of replacing the Dell?
I plan to be running a mixture of windows and Linux VMs and was wondering if I could even run a nested ESXi or VMware Workstation environment on it as a vSphere Lab for study purposes.
I've been trying to put together a new network and server setup for my home, including a pfsense firewall and virtual host.
Should I be thinking about replacing the Dell with something like a Xeon-D, or do I already have a good, capable server and should stuck with what I have?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.
I currently have a Dell R715 racked in a full size server cabinet, which contains dual AMD Opteron 6168 1.9 GHz processors (12 cores each) and 64GB RAM. Checking the average power consumption in iDrac, it seems to be consuming an average of 200 watts, with just a couple small Linux servers running on it at the moment. Overall, I'm happy with it, but I'm wondering if I'd be better off replacing it with a new Xeon D-1528 or D-1541, which would consume much less power and overall space. But, is this 6 or 8 core system with say, 64 GB RAM, capable of replacing the Dell?
I plan to be running a mixture of windows and Linux VMs and was wondering if I could even run a nested ESXi or VMware Workstation environment on it as a vSphere Lab for study purposes.
I've been trying to put together a new network and server setup for my home, including a pfsense firewall and virtual host.
Should I be thinking about replacing the Dell with something like a Xeon-D, or do I already have a good, capable server and should stuck with what I have?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much.
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