XO HA - Different CPU's?
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Hello,
I have one XCP-ng server up and running, and I am now planning on adding a second (and then hopefully third) server to the setup and create an HA pool. Each of the servers will be connected to a second 10 gig network that is connected to a TrueNAS box for fast VM storage.
The current server is running a Ryzen 7 2700X CPU. I would like to know if it would be best to try and find a similar Ryzen 7 2nd gen CPU, or if it would be OK to go with a different gen AMD CPU (or even go with Intel if I find a good deal) with minimum fuss. I am aware that an increase in the differences in the CPU's leads to more problems with HA, but I would like to know what, if any, risks we face in having a configuration with varying differences in the CPU's.
Any information provided would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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@wade_solarch Short answer: try to avoid that.
Back in the old XenServer days, you had to manually change the cpu feature flags so it would work at all.
https://xcp-ng.org/docs/requirements.html#pool-requirements
This confirms that you can't mix Intel & AMD in a poolhttps://xcp-ng.org/docs/requirements.html#pool-requirements
This explains Heterogeneous pools a little
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