Hi All,
Hope everyone is doing well.
I want to build a new virtualization server with the following characteristics. Hoping to get constructive feedback from the knowledgeable people on the forum.
- Budget $1000 CA (Canadian) before tax
- Experience level with building servers: zero
- Experience level with building PCs: Intermediate
- Purpose of the server
- Build a home lab to learn virtualization, docker, different operating systems and in the future, build a dedicated penetration testing lab.
- Run a couple of dedicated Minecraft servers using Ubuntu Server as the host OS (operating system)
- Run Windows 10 and 11
- Run Pop!_OS as my daily driver for 3-6 months.
- Run Linux Mint as my daily driver for 3-6 months
- Run a dedicated syslog/rsyslog servers
Requirements
- Must be able to run 8-10 virtual machines at the same time.
- Must have (IPMI) Intelligent Platform Management Interface
- Not a rackmount
- Minimum 65GB of RAM
- Allows PCI passthrough
- Should be able to handle gaming (Unreal Tournament 2004, Quake, Doom, Half Life, Counter Strike, or similar titles) in the future.
All pricing is in Canadian Dollars.
Pre-built options
Hope everyone has an excellent rest of the day.
Regards,
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