Z10pa on Aperture Zone https://aperturezone.com/tags/z10pa/ Recent content in Z10pa on Aperture Zone https://aperturezone.com/logo.webp https://aperturezone.com/logo.webp Hugo -- gohugo.io fr-fr Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The Z10PA-U8 and the Magic Washer https://aperturezone.com/posts/z10pa/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://aperturezone.com/posts/z10pa/ <h2 id="background-switching-my-hypervisor-platform">Background: Switching my hypervisor platform</h2> <p>Goal: Migrate my main hypervisor from a consumer platform—B560, i7-11700KF, 128 GB of DDR4 Patriot Viper Elite II—to an ASUS Z10PA-U8 with a Xeon E5-2699 v3. 18 cores, 36 threads, 145W TDP, LGA2011-3. Same motherboard as the backup server, which has been running smoothly for some time now.</p> <p>The Z10PA-U8 came from eBay. 70 euros. A seller who’s offloaded over 300 of them, surplus from a dismantled corporate fleet. At that price, you don’t get picky.</p>