VM Server to replace Azure hosted VM's

I really struggled to get the RMA, in the end the of systems did manage to send out a rma in an email, but I had to send quite a few mails, and make dozens of calls before getting someone to help. The returns support team tends to answer calls by putting callers on mute and waiting for them to hang up! That staff needs sacking or training.

I got my new parts and returned the old parts definitely the right move.

However, the system didn't boot and posts code 0f 19. I suspect the memory is only supported on BIOS 1.13 not sure what the board ships with, or how I can flash the BIOS if the board doesn't even boot!

In case anyone is wondering about earlier posts, no hacksaws were taken to any cases or components in this build.
 
I got a reply from EVGA stating that only three i7 CPUs are currently supported. So I'm planning to return my Xeon E5 2620 and re-order the i7- but I've damaged the box, so don't expect I'll get back the full amount. This option seems easier than re-order a Gigabyte micro atx board - which overclockers don't sell.

I can't believe how much of a faf building this machine has become, or that there are motherboards out there that only take three processors.

I should have done more research on the supported processors, but pretty annoyed that this board can even be bought without a processor - as it only takes three it should iho really come bundled with a cpu.
 
A few points.

You are building a server... why do you want to display it on your desk?

Surely the noise will annoy you?

Do you not want to hide it in a cupboard? Under stairs? Basement? Loft?

If you put it somewhere else instead of limiting space on/at your desk... then surely the aesthetics are less important and you can get a case where you are not bothered about image and can have more room for future expansion without increasing the price (perhaps even lowering it slightly).

Given this option, you would also have the opportunity to have one small footprint VM acting as a NAS in future, with plenty of space for that... if you wished, also offering you forms of internal backup.

I notice you chose Xeon but not buffered memory... for something that sounds to be somewhat business orientated - are you not interested in fault tolerant memory? You should be fine with normal memory, just a consideration.

With a larger case, you also find it easier to have the 64GB memory you originally wanted, along with support for dual-xeons etc (you can run only 1 processor in a dual processor board - so you don't have to increase build price early on and these also come with double the ram slots). You mentioned your current capacity and length of intended use but have not specced yourself much room for expansion in the next 3 years other than purchasing a second unit. Do you not have much plan for growth?

There is more too I could go into, I don't know how much you might want to consider... only worth mentioning as you are looking to return the Xeon and without knowing much about you, there are things I might like to do differently.

As a little tip... personally, I have found vsphere to perform better than hyper-v... ymmv
 
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cables said:
there's about half a dozen levels of redundancy in azure, data is constantly backed up everywhere.
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There's not, a single VM running in Azure is no more redundant than a single VM running on your desk. There is no vMotion equivalent to move your VM around if the region has a fault, if you require redundancy then you build an app with that in mind and deploy multiple hosts in anti-affinity groups, and potentially deploy across multiple regions.

Also lol at buying a case and board combination after being told several times it wouldn't fit, then getting arsey about returning it.
 
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