Hi
I’m seeking as much information as can get from anyone.
I’m seeking a plan to be setup a IT infrastructure.
Goals
• Get ESXI on my Main Server (Threadripper 2990wx) working with multiple linux,windows10, and mac osx os’s
• Get Xpenology working
• Pfsense (Doesn’t require ESXI, but I may run it in ESXI)
Specifications (Main Server)(Open loop water cooled with two 480mm radiators, temps are good on high load, no overclocking)
• AMD Threadripper 2990wx (Water-Cooled)
• Asus Prime X399-A
• Cosair Dominator Plantinum DDR4 96gb (32GB left)
• X2 NVIDIA RTX 4000 (Air-Cooled)
• X1 AMD Firepro W8000 (Water-cooled)
• Samsung M.2 970 Pro 512gb
• Samsung M.2 960 Pro 512gb
Current situation.
On the Main Server I require workers to remote into the system and use Engineering Software i.e Solidworks.
Currently I have Windows Server 2019 which is on the “main server”. Remote workers are complaining of lag when trying to use Solidworks. Windows Server 2019 just hogs so much resources.
Alternative/ New Plan
To use ESXI on my “main Server” working with multiple operating systems linux,windows10, and mac osx. Currently on the windows server 2019 I have ubutnu, light weight windows 10 enterprise and mac 10.14 working via VMware workstation and would like to port to Esxi on the same system
Solidworks only works on Windows so a light weight stripped version of Windows 10 will be used. Only the RDP port 3389 or 7889 will be used and every other incoming/outgoing connection will be disabled on Windows 10 so the remote worker cant get distracted. They will need to access files from the local Xpenology NAS, to access files etc…
Synology DS215j
x2 8TB Western Digital Red
This is going to be replaced with a Dell R720 Server with esxi
Is it wise to add an SSD for caching or any other purpose inside for xpenolgy
Firewall Pfsense on a Dell R210ii
Also I’m in need of a POE switch as I want the R720 to also be used for CCTV, Web Hosting, Bitwarden. I have many other things I can host on the R720
My current upload speeds are 15mbps which I believe are causing the lag however I should be able to upgrade potentially to get 1gbps upload/download
If anyone has any suggestions I’m all ears.
Thanks