Subj : Re: Server 2012R2 and vmWare ESXI - to PROXMOX?
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : paulie420
Date : Mon Jun 16 2025 06:57 pm

 pF> Fortune has smiled upon me, promotion at work, a raise... I might need
 pF> to finally invest in a proper server space and get some of the hardware
 pF> I have in my office out of earshot.

Awesome news, pF!! Good stuff...

 pF> 2 years ago, I passed on a D430, 2 D610s and 2 R720XDs I could have had
 pF> my pick of, gratis - the first 3 with at least 128 GB of RAM and a
 pF> mixture of SSD and SAS, the 720s with 192 GB RAM and full of SAS drives.
 pF> No where to run them, though.

I really love the Poweredge platform - IMO, I only suggest rX20 gens for a NAS server - rX30 gens have a bit more oomph IMO. 

That being said, note that the r330 can only accept 64GB RAM - which is just really odd IMO. The r730 series, whether standard or xd, are REALLY nice. Bump up to two Xeon CPUs and either 768GB (RDIMM) or flipping 1.5TB (LRDIMM) of RAM.

I know StingRay, and a couple others, who run HPE stuff and are happy with them... I just think I'll always stick with Poweredge boxes.

 pF> I may be upgrading an HP DL380 in the near future, though...

Yea - I think thats the exact model StingRay has... x2.



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