Hey everyone, I’ve used EXSI / XEN / Hyper-V in the past, so I’m familiar with Hypervisors, etc
The machine I would be installing Proxmox on would be:
Dell Precision 7865
Specs:
Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5945wx (12 Core / 24 Threads)
128GB DDR4-3200
NVIDIA RTX A4500 20GB ECC
Storage:
Onboard dual 2 TB m.2 NVME / RAID 1 (Samsung 990s)
Dell UltraSpeed Dual PCIE controller / RAID 0 (Samsung 990s)
4 SATA Seagate EXOS X20 installed in Hotswap bays
Network:
Onboard 10 Gbps (Marvel AQC113CS/Marvel AQC113
I do have 2 PCIE slots open:
1 x Full PCIE Gen 4 x16
1 x PCIE Gen4 x8
#Question 1
The BIOS has RAID enabled for the NVME/SATA ports. Would I need to set to ports back to AHCI?
- Would Proxmox have the drivers if I left the drives setup in RAID mode via the bios?
- Does proxmox do software raid if I was to put the operation of the drives back to AHCI?
#Question 2
Would proxmox have the driver for the 10gbe Ethernet controller?
#Question 3
Would proxmox have the drivers for the Quadro A4500?
- Would like to utilize vGPU / GPUV / GPU partitioning. Does Proxmox have the ability to do this? I assume it does simple pass through to the VM’s.
#Question 4
I think I already know the answer to this one, but I assume I would be disabling the TPM in the BIOS?
#Question 5
Would I need a dedicated GPU for Proxmox itself?
As for the setup of Proxmox:
2TB RAID 1:
Partition for Proxmox itself
Partition for storage of ISO’s
8TB RAID 0:
VM’s / VM disks
RAID 5 Array:
Storage for Plex content (Currently 30TB of content)
Network would be bridged to connected router
VM 1 - Plex (Ubuntu Server LTS)
VM 2 - Linux (Ubunu Server LTS) OS for network surveillance / services / etc
VM 3 - Windows 11 Pro - Remote Gaming VM (use parsec for connectivity) - Currently doing this via Hyper-V/Parsec. Can run most games @ 4k with about 120fps on average.
Is this the appropriate approach? Would the hardware I have be supported by Proxmox?
I apologize in advance is this is not the appropriate forum / place to ask these questions. I just want to dump Windows / Hyper-V, I’m constantly tired of windows causing issues with the VM’s I’m running. I would not be importing any of the VM’s, I would be starting over from scratch.
Thoughts? Ideas? Am I approaching this from the right angle? Does/Is anyone using a Dell Workstation 7865 with success with Proxmox?
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to any input / responses / suggestions / advice.
-Asphyxiant
The machine I would be installing Proxmox on would be:
Dell Precision 7865
Specs:
Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5945wx (12 Core / 24 Threads)
128GB DDR4-3200
NVIDIA RTX A4500 20GB ECC
Storage:
Onboard dual 2 TB m.2 NVME / RAID 1 (Samsung 990s)
Dell UltraSpeed Dual PCIE controller / RAID 0 (Samsung 990s)
4 SATA Seagate EXOS X20 installed in Hotswap bays
Network:
Onboard 10 Gbps (Marvel AQC113CS/Marvel AQC113
I do have 2 PCIE slots open:
1 x Full PCIE Gen 4 x16
1 x PCIE Gen4 x8
#Question 1
The BIOS has RAID enabled for the NVME/SATA ports. Would I need to set to ports back to AHCI?
- Would Proxmox have the drivers if I left the drives setup in RAID mode via the bios?
- Does proxmox do software raid if I was to put the operation of the drives back to AHCI?
#Question 2
Would proxmox have the driver for the 10gbe Ethernet controller?
#Question 3
Would proxmox have the drivers for the Quadro A4500?
- Would like to utilize vGPU / GPUV / GPU partitioning. Does Proxmox have the ability to do this? I assume it does simple pass through to the VM’s.
#Question 4
I think I already know the answer to this one, but I assume I would be disabling the TPM in the BIOS?
#Question 5
Would I need a dedicated GPU for Proxmox itself?
As for the setup of Proxmox:
2TB RAID 1:
Partition for Proxmox itself
Partition for storage of ISO’s
8TB RAID 0:
VM’s / VM disks
RAID 5 Array:
Storage for Plex content (Currently 30TB of content)
Network would be bridged to connected router
VM 1 - Plex (Ubuntu Server LTS)
VM 2 - Linux (Ubunu Server LTS) OS for network surveillance / services / etc
VM 3 - Windows 11 Pro - Remote Gaming VM (use parsec for connectivity) - Currently doing this via Hyper-V/Parsec. Can run most games @ 4k with about 120fps on average.
Is this the appropriate approach? Would the hardware I have be supported by Proxmox?
I apologize in advance is this is not the appropriate forum / place to ask these questions. I just want to dump Windows / Hyper-V, I’m constantly tired of windows causing issues with the VM’s I’m running. I would not be importing any of the VM’s, I would be starting over from scratch.
Thoughts? Ideas? Am I approaching this from the right angle? Does/Is anyone using a Dell Workstation 7865 with success with Proxmox?
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to any input / responses / suggestions / advice.
-Asphyxiant
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