First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .

BradfromxByte

@obsolesce, pricing seems anecdotal at best. Specs don't match and no time frame was mentioned. Bring me any future deals. As long as we have it, we usually win.

Obsolesce

@bradfromxbyte said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@obsolesce, pricing seems anecdotal at best. Specs don't match and no time frame was mentioned. Bring me any future deals. As long as we have it, we usually win.

Will do.

WrCombs

So after i get the server: what would be my first steps in setting up?
Any threads here on ML?

WrCombs

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bnrstnr

@wrcombs said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

So after i get the server: what would be my first steps in setting up?
Any threads here on ML?

Possibly firmware updates, get your Drac/iLO setup, setup RAID array, then install whatever hypervisor you choose.

Emad R

@wrcombs said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

So after i get the server: what would be my first steps in setting up?
Any threads here on ML?

Each month/weeks try hypervisor on it, till you find the one you like the most.

Hyper-V
ESXi
KVM

And afterwards you will be knowledgeable of all stuff, try going deep abit like Replication VMs and migration and backing up.

After you loved on brand of hypervisors, you can then build VMs on it for family/ friends and treat them as clients like scott alan miller wrote about this idea a while back.

bnrstnr

@emad-r said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

Hyper-V
ESXi
KVM

XCP-ng

scottalanmiller

@wrcombs said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@tonyknobel said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@wrcombs Physical space -- how big do you want it?

Small enough to fit on my desk

No real server is going to fit there.

WrCombs

@scottalanmiller said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@wrcombs said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@tonyknobel said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@wrcombs Physical space -- how big do you want it?

Small enough to fit on my desk

No real server is going to fit there

Well around as small as possible.

scottalanmiller

@wrcombs said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@scottalanmiller said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@wrcombs said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@tonyknobel said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@wrcombs Physical space -- how big do you want it?

Small enough to fit on my desk

No real server is going to fit there

Well around as small as possible.

A real server is the size of a desk and sounds like a jet engine.

WrCombs

@scottalanmiller said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@wrcombs said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@scottalanmiller said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@wrcombs said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@tonyknobel said in First Time Server Buy . . . Build. . .:

@wrcombs Physical space -- how big do you want it?

Small enough to fit on my desk

No real server is going to fit there

Well around as small as possible.

A real server is the size of a desk and sounds like a jet engine.

Sounds wonderful.. Glad I have a basement! lol