Times are rough, but that doesn't mean it has to be bad. Check it out!

0:00 Intro
1:07 The CPUs and Build Thoughts
5:37 The Motherboard
6:55 The "Best" Memory and Storage
8:54 The Build in Full
12:57 Benchmarks
17:54 Conclusion

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Obviously, 64 cores are going to outperform 24 cores, but this Xeon does a really good job at holding its own!

Check out the forum post with Benchmarks here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/intel-xeon-x658-24-cores-and-8-memory-c…

0:00 Intro
0:58 Unboxing ASUS Pro WS W890E-SAGE SE
3:47 Motherboard Layout
8:58 Bottom Line Up Front Build
13:30 Benchmarking
14:53 Side Note
16:25 Back to Benchmarking
24:40 Conclusion

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The Steam Machine was announced like, a trillion years ago! Are you tired of waiting for it? Want to build your own Linux based solution? Wendell's got you covered!

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Servers are expensive! Especially nowadays! Let's try to build a more reasonable one...

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Thanks to Server Part Deals for sponsoring this build! https://serverpartdeals.com/pages/we-buy-enterprise-hard-drives-and-jbo…

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Wendell builds PCs in the same way some might perform yoga or meditation. It just helps.

MSI Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FVQ3NN4C/level1techs-20
Fractal North XL Momentum: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGQDM8ZF/level1techs-20

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Thank you to Openmetal.io for sponsoring this video!

Check out Openmetal.io here! https://openmetal.io/promos/l1t-proxmox-on-bare-metal/

Level1Forum Thread: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/proxmox-full-production-in-the-cloud-wi…

This isn’t a homelab Proxmox install. This is how you run Proxmox in production on real hardware.
We build a proper 3-node cluster on OpenMetal bare metal with VLANs, bonding, ZFS, HA routing, and tie it into Proxmox Datacenter Manager and Proxmox Backup Server so VMs can move between local infrastructure and the cloud.

If you’re coming from VMware, this is the part people miss: Proxmox VE by itself isn’t the whole story. VE + Datacenter Manager + Backup Server is what gives you real HA, replication, migration, and backup.
We’re doing this on OpenMetal bare metal because they make it easy to deploy enterprise bare metal dedicated servers with multiple VLANs, bonded 10G networking, and IPMI access so you can build an actual cluster the way it should be built.

This setup lets you run workloads in the cloud, keep local restores, and move VMs back and forth with confidence that the cluster is actually redundant.

If you are seriously considering moving your Proxmox onto hosted bare metal, OpenMetal offers Proof of Concept (PoC) clouds and also has a viewer promo: 👉 50% off the first 3 months when you commit to a 1-year term on bare metal servers.

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#Proxmox #BareMetal #DedicatedServers #OpenSource #Datacenter #Virtualization #OpenMetal #HA #pfSense #SysAdmin #Networking #SelfHosted #Linux

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Fractal has a new case for those who just want something simple!
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Its a thicc boi! And a heck of a lot of m.2!
Check it out here: https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-ms-02-ultra

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You might remember our forbidden router series from a few years ago, but is it really a good idea to build your own router? Wendell and Grant investigate!

ASUS Router (not forbidden): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGZZJ996/?tag=level1techs-20

Minisforum N5 Pro: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQV7FD2T/?tag=level1techs-20

Mikrotik Switch: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0723DT6MN/?tag=level1techs-20

Mini PC (doesn't have to be this exact one): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3QHDVYL/?tag=level1techs-20

Check out the forum here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/grants-forbidden-router-adventure-wip/2…

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