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Proxmox

Repurposing Old Hardware into the Core of the Cloud

Rather than rushing to rent expensive cloud VMs, we chose to reutilize existing hardware.

Specs:

  • CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K (8 cores, 16 threads)
  • Motherboard: Asus
  • RAM: 32GB DDR3
  • Storage: 1TB SSD
  • Networking: 1Gbit Ethernet

We installed Proxmox VE, a powerful hypervisor that enabled:

  • Full KVM virtual machines and LXC containers.
  • A web UI for management.
  • ISO and backup management.

To protect against outages, we purchased a UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), configured so that the server would automatically boot if power was restored after a failure — ensuring maximum uptime.