@Isaac_A I just checked and it is possible to buy a used license from companies that close down major infrastructure, but it is a extra cost and even if they are cheaper they are still 100$. @gbooker02 you’re absolutely right I need to start playing around with it to see how it performs.
SW will always be related to what HW you have and what the main target is.
I did specify that my main purpose is the PLEX server and the performance on this is vital.
“Long story made short”. I was started to buy up used HW to build the ultimate home PLEX server.
As many of you know this is a really big thing now on Reddit and they even have their own webpage now: serverbuilds.net
But I stopped after calculating the added needed power consumption cost, I would have to pay a yearly cost of +312$ for every extra +100W power consumed
There is also something to be said about new HW, and since I don’t need storage (Have a NAS)
I am now looking into building a brand new server. Because it looks like we are going to get +20.000 Passmark with a single thread +2000 CPU with 95-100W TDP (I know this is not the actual power consumption of the CPU, but it does provide an indication to it!) in a single CPU having 10 cores in Sept. from Intel in a reasonable price point but this would not be a enterprise CPU - Yes this is still related to choosing the right OS because I guess the CPU has to be listed on ESXi’ s supported list or do any of you have any experience in running this on other than XEON CPU’s which I also think it is mostly intended for?
