CPU/RAM for EVE-ng / Esxi
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:22 am
Hi All,
I am Planning for CCIE Security and want to choose one of the below for ESXI / eve-ng Labs. power consuption looks same in all 3. . any suggestions for Hardware?
Choice 1 = £2000
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XEON E5 2678V3 (12 Core 24 Thread 2.5GHz 30M Cache = 120W TDP) + XEON E5 2678V3 (12 Core 24 Thread 2.5GHz 30M Cache = 120W TDP)
8*32gb ddr4 ecc reg 2400mhz RAM
X99 dual CPU motherboard
+ 2TB M.2
+ remaining (£750)
Choice 2 = £5000
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XEON E5 2699V4 (22 Cores 44 Threads 2.2GHzbase 3.60GHz boost 55MB cache = 145w TDP) +XEON E5 2699V4 (22 Cores 44 Threads 2.2GHzbase 3.60GHz boost 55MB cache = 145w TDP)
+8*32gb ddr4 ecc reg 2400mhz RAM
+dual CPU motherboard
+2TB M.2
+remaining (£750)
Choice 3 = £6400
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Threadripper 3990X (64 Cores 128 Threads 2.90GHz base 4.3GHz boost 256MB L3 Cache 280W TDP)
+ 256GB RAM
+ 2TB M.2
+ Motherboard
+ remaining (£1000)
I am Planning for CCIE Security and want to choose one of the below for ESXI / eve-ng Labs. power consuption looks same in all 3. . any suggestions for Hardware?
Choice 1 = £2000
*********************
XEON E5 2678V3 (12 Core 24 Thread 2.5GHz 30M Cache = 120W TDP) + XEON E5 2678V3 (12 Core 24 Thread 2.5GHz 30M Cache = 120W TDP)
8*32gb ddr4 ecc reg 2400mhz RAM
X99 dual CPU motherboard
+ 2TB M.2
+ remaining (£750)
Choice 2 = £5000
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XEON E5 2699V4 (22 Cores 44 Threads 2.2GHzbase 3.60GHz boost 55MB cache = 145w TDP) +XEON E5 2699V4 (22 Cores 44 Threads 2.2GHzbase 3.60GHz boost 55MB cache = 145w TDP)
+8*32gb ddr4 ecc reg 2400mhz RAM
+dual CPU motherboard
+2TB M.2
+remaining (£750)
Choice 3 = £6400
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Threadripper 3990X (64 Cores 128 Threads 2.90GHz base 4.3GHz boost 256MB L3 Cache 280W TDP)
+ 256GB RAM
+ 2TB M.2
+ Motherboard
+ remaining (£1000)