Subj : Anyone seen/connected to...
To   : esc
From : Accession
Date : Wed Dec 06 2023 06:08 pm

Hello esc,

On Wed, 6 Dec 2023 09:02:40 -0800, you wrote:

 e> Thanks! I'll be honest - I'm wary of anything VMWare after the Broadcom
 e> purchase. Plus proxmox is on debian and I know my way around debian
 e> super well, so I'll likely go with that option. But I think you're right
 e> that it's probably six in one half dozen in the other.

I don't follow what either has done, really. But I've been using the same VMWare version now for 5+ years, without having to do anything except point my browser to the web interface if I had to check on anything or install/remove a VM. So knowing your way around Debian doesn't really matter at all. I would assume that it's fairly close to the same with Proxmox. Once you install it, you don't really have to do anything with it itself. Just setup and maintain your VMs, which you can do via the web interface. Maybe if it were more of a serious production environment would you possibly need to upgrade it a bit more often, but for DOS VMs, and BBS related stuff, meh. lol

 e> Ok cool. That gives me an idea what I can expect. Honestly, I shouldn't
 e> need to spec this box super well, it's just going to run BBS related
 e> stuff. I think I have an Intel NUC which may even serve the purpose
 e> here. But on eBay, that same rig is <$200 so at least I know what I'd
 e> need to get myself into!

I took a quick look at ebay while I was writing that friggin novel to you, there's some on there for like ~$200 that would probably serve you just fine. Basically the same processor, but maybe 16gb ram, and less HDD space. Like I said, I probably went a bit overkill but the price was too good at the time to pass up on a new machine.

 e> My concern would really be fan noise and power consumption at that
 e> point. It's going to be in my office which is where I'll take calls and
 e> VTCs so quietness/silence is pretty important.

My son's gaming rig is louder than this server - which sits under my desk by my left foot. I think the loudest the thing gets is when you first start it up, it beeps. :)

Regards,
Nick

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