New Build & Getting Started

[mikeyo]

Hello

I have just built an EPYC server and plan on migrating my esxi 8 vms and Horizon VDI infra to it.

Motherboard: AsrockRack SIENAD8-2L2T ATX
Memory: 128GB DDR4 ECC
CPU: EPYC 32Core 8324P
nvme1: 1TB
nvme2: 4TB
PCIe1: Nvidia Telsa T4
PCIe2: SATA Controller
PCIe3: 25gbps Mellanox4
PCIe4: Highpoint quad channel USB card

Is there any decent "Getting started with Proxmox" guide that is recent (last few months). Basically a guide that shows the user essential configuration steps and best practices after install. With so many YT vids on the subject i'm struggling to pick the best and most thorough that gete me up and running quickly.

My plan is to use this system as a PLEX media server, VDI local/cloud gaming and fileserver/docker/lxc.

Any tips, suggestions on where to start and what to consider would be most welcome. Thank you.

 

[groque]

Given your configuration, I'd recommend using redundant enterprise SSDs if you want to take advantage of ZFS benefits like snapshots and ARC caching. However, with your current setup, sticking with EXT4 would be the recommended option.

The official Proxmox documentation is always a great place to refer to. If you're looking for a good getting started guide, checking out Learn Linux TV's playlist on YouTube, it's a well-structured introduction to the basics of working with Proxmox. Additionally, Craft Computing has multiple videos on his journey dealing with cloud gaming on Proxmox.

Since you have an Nvidia Tesla T4, I'd recommend creating a VM and using PCI passthrough to give it access to the GPU. In this VM you can host your Plex server (I'd suggest using Docker) and also use it as your cloud gaming instance.

For a more advanced configuration, you can look into Nvidia vGPU. While I haven't tested it on a Tesla T4, I've successfully used the vGPU unlock method on an RTX 2060 12GB.