The best CPU is going to depend on the workload. If you’re looking to host lots of not particularly strenuous VMs like webserver based apps, home automation etc it would be better to go for more cores and lower clocks. If you want to host gameservers, those tend to benefit from higher single threaded performance.

STH were probably using a testbench, not a server chassis with 3.3A fans.

It would all just be sitting on generic rack shelves since none of it is rackmount gear.

Generally speaking the important functions on storage systems are on add-in cards. HBAs, RAID cards etc.

ChatGPT is not effort and people can spot it a mile off, FYI.

You just got your last post removed for low effort and you’ve posted the same thing again with no more effort. Are you trying to speedrun getting banned, or what?

It’s easily possible to fuck with the fans if you know what you’re doing. Most of the time they’re loud because the chassis fans are trying to push air through heatsink fins a couple of feet away from them. Sticking active coolers on the sockets is a good way to calm them down a bit.

IIRC Nutanix use rebadged Supermicro servers. What size boxes are they, and what hardware do they have in?

I’ve always been a fan of running a router/firewall on bare metal. Don’t like the idea that bouncing my hypervisor for maintenance or a kernel upgrade takes down my whole network.

Configure the new one while the old one’s still up, then swap the cables over.

Why not Epyc, since that’s what they’re actually built for?