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Hi guys,
I am desperately in need of some advice. I am looking to buy some servers to expand my business. I own a IT company, and as of now I am hosting most things in-house. I am looking to buy a all-in-one solution to be able to start offering cloud-services for my customers.
I am very low budget, so my main focus will be on: efficiency, most bang for buck, cheap to collocate, and preferably energy-saving wherever possible.
I want this solution to be a jack-of-all-trades which means I have to be able to use it for cloudhosting, storage, VDI, virtualization, and general cloud/backup-service.
As of now I am thinking about buying a 3u 12 or 24 node Supermicro microcluster, with intel E3 chipset.(SSD's for cheap and fast storage) However, I am not sure if the e3 with its 32gb ram would be the best/mostbangforbuck/smartest solution, considering I will be using the system for VDI and virtualization?
Would you guys recommend a different setup? Maybe something with E5 cpus and more ram? I also thought about lots of Avoton c2750's, but i heard these are not powerfull enough for VDI etc. ?
What would be the best way to spend +- 7500$ to start a cloud-company? What would be the best way to safe costs of colocation? Should I look for low-Power or less rackspace?
Any advice is welcome, just tell me how YOU would spend 7500 if you would start a cloud/hosting company. 
Thanks,
Cloudbuilder
Hi guys,
I am desperately in need of some advice. I am looking to buy some servers to expand my business. I own a IT company, and as of now I am hosting most things in-house. I am looking to buy a all-in-one solution to be able to start offering cloud-services for my customers.
I am very low budget, so my main focus will be on: efficiency, most bang for buck, cheap to collocate, and preferably energy-saving wherever possible.
I want this solution to be a jack-of-all-trades which means I have to be able to use it for cloudhosting, storage, VDI, virtualization, and general cloud/backup-service.
As of now I am thinking about buying a 3u 12 or 24 node Supermicro microcluster, with intel E3 chipset.(SSD's for cheap and fast storage) However, I am not sure if the e3 with its 32gb ram would be the best/mostbangforbuck/smartest solution, considering I will be using the system for VDI and virtualization?
Would you guys recommend a different setup? Maybe something with E5 cpus and more ram? I also thought about lots of Avoton c2750's, but i heard these are not powerfull enough for VDI etc. ?
What would be the best way to spend +- 7500$ to start a cloud-company? What would be the best way to safe costs of colocation? Should I look for low-Power or less rackspace?
Any advice is welcome, just tell me how YOU would spend 7500 if you would start a cloud/hosting company. 
Thanks,
Cloudbuilder
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