Advice on hypervisor, i guess?
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Stadtfeld · 2023-11-10 21:34

Hi everyone,I'm about to be gifted a discontinued mini server with a
Xeon v4 mid-range CPU, 32GB RAM, and NVMe slots. Unfortunately, it
doesn't come with storage due to compliance policies, but I plan to
utilize NVMe drives. I also have a spare RX 580 GPU (size
compatibility pending, still don't know if its like an hp micro form
factor or a rack server).

Intended Uses:
Containerized Apps:
Immich
PiHoleSonarr/Prowlarr/Torrent client
Something to make media from Sonarr DLNA accessible
Shadowsocks interface for a local proxy
Playground for testing apps in an isolated network

Media Playerish use (HDMI and USB extension come through a wall and go
to the living room tv and a usb hub with mouse/keyboard/controller
attached)
Web Browsing (online video services that don't have apps)
Video Player
Access to that Sonarr media
Possibly (unsure on that one) Steam Link Capabilities

As far as I understand, it is going to be 2 VMs: one Windows for
mediaplayer use with GPU passthrough and one Linux-based for Docker.
However,I'm not sure what to use to achieve that. I am familiar with
Docker and GUI-based virtualization platforms (VB, VMware, Windows
VMs). And I can't do paid virtualisation software.

Thanks in advance. Any advice is appreciated, or even better if
somebody can tell me why Im dumb for trying to do X and not Y.

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-10 21:37

/r/Proxmox. Done.

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Stadtfeld · 2023-11-10 21:38

Thats what the folks over at homelab suggested as well

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thekrautboy · 2023-11-10 21:39

Good.

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ElevenNotes · 2023-11-10 21:51

If your hardware supports it, ESXi, that you have an alternative to
Proxmox, because it’s good to have choices.

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tiberiusgv · 2023-11-10 23:43

Because it's the right answer

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MrHaxx1 · 2023-11-11 00:17

Your use case is incredibly generic and there are not that many viable
hypervisors.

Why not just go with what everyone else is using and has already been
recommended?