Mastering Proxmox - Third Edition

Stable and scalable hardware

Stable hardware means minimum downtime. Without quality hardware, it is not unusual to have randomized hardware failure in a cluster environment, causing massive, unnecessary downtime. It is very important to select a hardware brand with a good reputation and support behind it. For example, Intel's server class components are well known for their superb stability and support. It is true that you pay more for Intel products, but sometimes the stability outweighs the higher cost per hardware. AMD is also an excellent choice, but statistically, AMD-based hardware has more stability issues.

For budget-conscious enterprise environments, we can mix both Intel- and AMD-based hardware in the same cluster. Since Proxmox ...