A week ago i somehow managed to buy fully working HP Proliant DL360 G7 with 2x Xeon X5660 and 48GB RAM for 5 euro, and now i dont know what OS to install, because Windows Server 2012 R2 (which i already installed) dont have enough important drivers to work correctly (like ATI ES1000 driver), about Windows Server 2008 R2 i am unsure, and i havent any experience with Linux server operating systems. What is the best system now for that old server?

  • MBYTE2000@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    when I tried to install Debian on hp dl360 g7 with gui, some errors appeared after the login window. but the gui started and worked on proxmox(but extremely slow)

  • nolo_me@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Depends entirely on what you want to do with it. Mostly storage with some containers and a little light virtualization? TrueNAS Scale. Mostly virtualization with less robust storage features? Proxmox.

  • Pvt-Snafu@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If you’re looking to use it to run some VMs and containers - Proxmox. If you’re going to use it as a NAS - TrueNAS.

    • MrB2891@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      If the OP is going to use it as a NAS, OP should get rid of it. Westmere is worthless for a 24/7 server. You’ll pay more for power in a year of running it than what a new machine with better performance would cost.

  • -SPOF@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Proxmox doesn’t come with Linux packages needed for a NAS, like Samba and NFS servers, installed out of the box. There’s also no web user interface for managing NAS functionality. Since Proxmox is based on Debian, the components needed for a NAS can be installed from Debian repositories, but their configuration and management would be through the command line. If you’re considering a virtualized NAS for Proxmox, I suggest looking into Starwind CVM or TrueNAS as a VM option. Both support ZFS.

    Unraid, on the other hand, comes prepackaged as a NAS, complete with a web user interface for management. As Unraid is also Linux-based, it offers virtualization capabilities similar to Proxmox, including KVM and VirtIO. A notable difference is in their containerization approach: Proxmox uses Linux Containers (LXC), while Unraid opts for Docker Containers.

  • MrB2891@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Are you intending on running this as a 24/7 machine?

    Keep in mind, these are power hungry processors that don’t idle down particularly well that have overall performance of a potato.

    You had mentioned euro in your post which tells me that you likely pay quite a lot for your electric. These machines are dumpster fodder except for occasional use as a learning machine, definitely not worth running 24/7. Especially when a Intel box from the last 5 years will out perform it on significantly less power.