First of all many thanks to all the good work on Nethserver!
I have switched from Zentyal to Nethserver beginning of the year and since then, run Nethserver 7.
I would like to buy a new specific hardware for Nethserver and I am not sure which direction to go.
Do I need cores or frequency?
Xeon / ECC ?
Are there Nethserver modules that have requirements/can make use of GPU (Cuda)?
In case QAT can be made to work and useful, I would like to buy this device. Though I am marginally competent Linux user and would probably need support to get QAT working and ensure compatibility with upgrading. In case hardware to test is an issues, we might be able to work something out.
Main jobs / requirements are (SoHO; 15 users, family and friends share):
Firewall / Gateway / Router
Nextcloud! (Large amount of files, music, pictures, GoPro-movies, gpspod, need a good performance)
VPN (routed for Android)
Domain (separate FileServer authenticated against domain)
Mail server
Database
1 or 2 VMs (VPN bridge for Windows)
power efficient (<25 Watt idle)
A very popular site in the Netherlands launches frequently Best-Buys, I can imagine within the Nethserver community this might be a useful category .
Thank you in advance for your consideration and advice!
collides with some of the feature that you are requesting
You can still buy a small case and mainboard with some PCI-E SSD drives, but… It’s quite expensive.
Is far more convenient buy magnetic discs, which allows you “large amount of file”.
Therefore, for virtualize Virtual Machines a correct amount of ram (at least 8gb, IMVHO) and CPU power (quad core, VT available) are not matching this so-low-consumption fingerprint.