Thoughts on a potential setup with Proxmox

[OtusForPotUS]

Hello all,

I'm in the beginning stages of setting up a new computer that will be fulfilling two different roles and effectively replace two different computers.

VM 1 - Will run Windows Server 2016 to act as a domain controller and proxy server. Intended to be kept lightweight (replacing an old Dell tower with Server 2003). Current plan is to have a smaller hard drive dedicated to it.

VM 2 - Will run a camera system with 8 cameras, possibly more down the road. I'm specifically getting a few hard drives dedicated for it for storage. This one will be more intensive.

Right now, I'm planning on having a single processor machine for it. I'm more of an AMD-leaning person but willing to keep an open mind. Outside of possibly enabling SVM on the motherboard, is there any potential problems using an AMD CPU (particularly, say, a Ryzen 3 2200G Quad-Core processor)?

To note, we're shooting for 32 GB of total memory on the system, if this helps.

 

[Richard]

Right now, I'm planning on having a single processor machine for it. I'm more of an AMD-leaning person but willing to keep an open mind. Outside of possibly enabling SVM on the motherboard, is there any potential problems using an AMD CPU (particularly, say, a Ryzen 3 2200G Quad-Core processor)?

No

 

[bobmc]

I've been successfully running Proxmox on an AMD A6 based system for nearly two years now.
The more ram your system has the better. Also consider putting a dual Intel or Broadcom NIC in the system. A couple of SSD's would also be worthwhile

 

[OtusForPotUS]

Thanks, guys, and my apologies for the delayed response. With the second VM, I know I'll be getting a couple multiple-TB drives specific to it. I'm talking 8 TB of storage for it alone.

The first VM may be a touch... different. We've been using Squid proxy on the current DC / Proxy server with a dual NIC in it (one inbound, one outbound from what I remember offhand). My current thought is to have three network ports, one for the camera VM, then a dual NIC for the DC / Proxy VM. My Google-fu may be failing me, but can two network ports be dedicated to one VM in Proxmox?

 

[r.jochum]

My Google-fu may be failing me, but can two network ports be dedicated to one VM in Proxmox?

Yes, you can create bridges on the Host and assign more Bridges to the VM/Container.