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It'll be tight but yes, I think it's possible for a barebones "lab" machine. $1800 might be closer to the mark (if you want mirrored disks anyway, which is a good idea). Assuming you already have the software license sorted.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder+homelab+HomeServer
Do you want brand new?
Do you want server grade parts?
Where did the 64GB requirement come from?
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I run about 4 - 5 VMs in a hyper v enviroment. (2x linux, 2xwindows 10 and 2xW2k8 - ok 6 vms then now that I count it.
I use 32gb ram and it sits at about 87% used. (AMD A10 APU).
Custom case, with 1 500GB ssd for OS and a couple of the more important VMs. And 7 spinning rust hard drives.
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If you want 64GB or more, you either need an X79 or X99 board (so a LGA2011 socket system) or go to enterprise hardware. I run my VM's on a AMD3 system with 32GB RAM and that gives me:
* SBS2011
* Windows 7
* SQL Server
* TimeMachine Server
It MAY (and I mean MAY) be better to have 2 systems with a standard m-ATX board and have 32GB per system, then you have at least some redundancy, and moving VM's between hosts with Hyper-V is easy. This is the way I am going as actually works out cheaper (AM3 boards can be < $100, a X99 board will be at least 5 times that).
BTW are you going with Hyper-V core, or the Hyper-V role on 2012R2? That affects licensing.
(Edit - fixed typo)
Slowly narrowing down on the components. The B150 motherboards can do 64 gigs of ram. I like the Gigabyte GA-B150-HD3P but cannot find anyone selling that in NZ. The second best option is the Asus B150 Pro but is a higher cost. For CPU, iam leaning towards the I5-6500 or I5-6600. Licensing is not an issue, i have an active MSDN subscription
MCSE+M/S, MCITP
damn...that is one sexy kit. Unfortunatly i would be blowing my budget with a spec like this:
Edit..they take SODIMM's so cost may be slightly more
thats also $600 above your budget and only 32Gb of RAM...
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I ended up with the NUC, spec'd with 512 Gb of M.2 disk space and 32 gigs of ram. Yes, blew my budget completely and may have to sell couple of my toys to recover that cost but i have a powerful lab environment which i can chuck in my back pack and take anywhere
Software Engineer
(the practice of real science, engineering and management)
A.I. (Automation rebranded)
Gender Neutral
(a person who believes in equality and who does not believe in/use stereotypes. Examples such as gender, binary, nonbinary, male/female etc.)
...they/their/them...
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