Hi, I've been using Proxmox with a 4th generation i7 CPU, but when I do backups and restorations, it affects all the VMs, especially those that do a lot of disk writes. What CPU do you recommend? Cheers!
CPU recommended for proxmox
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I'm using a Intel Core i5-4670 under Debian 12, 8 GB DDR3, 18 Watt System and Intel Core i7-4770 Proxmox VE, 16 GB DDR3, 2x SSD SATA3, 2x HDD SATA2 and 2x SSD SATA2 with 2x ext. PCIe 2.0 x1 controller.
All ZFS
1) ZFS Mirror on SSD for Proxmox VE as ZFS rpool and
2) ZFS Mirror on HDD with ZFS Special Device on SSD-Partition1, ZFS ZIL/SLOG on SSD-Partition2 as ZFS dpool.
Its a low budget prove of concept fileserver.
All ZFS
1) ZFS Mirror on SSD for Proxmox VE as ZFS rpool and
2) ZFS Mirror on HDD with ZFS Special Device on SSD-Partition1, ZFS ZIL/SLOG on SSD-Partition2 as ZFS dpool.
Its a low budget prove of concept fileserver.
I have an application that has a lot of disk writing, it is a tracking server and it is affected when doing backup restore in proxmox, I am using 4th generation i7 cpu
My main Proxmox node is an HP mini pc with an i5-12500T CPU and 64 gb of ram, plus two m.2 NVMe drives in a zfs mirror. It has more than enough performance for my needs. 4th gen is pretty old. That's about the same performance as a 6 watt N100 would be today. I would say any more modern processor, with a few more cores and a bit more memory will improve your performance. Go for whatever you can afford.
What do you think about Dell PowerEdge R630 Server | 2X E5-2690 v4 = 28 cores | 128 GB of RAM | 2 1 TB SSDs or is too old?
I have an old HP Z640 workstation with a single E5-2690v3 cpu. It does fine with Proxmox. My only concern with 2X E5-2690V4 CPUs is the amount of power it will draw. My single CPU Z640 idles at 120 watts. My HP mini PC idles at 15 watts. That R630 is going to demand quite a bit of power I suspect. You won't need to pay for heat in the winter!
