Will a Dell PowerEdge R720 be up to the task?

Hi,

I'm planning a build on a new server with proxmox in mind, to replace a very old machine running windows 2003 that needs retirement.

It would be great to ear your opinion on this build.

My main problem is making sure that, going for a refurbished server, which will be an older hardware, it will not be up to it's task.

So the hardware in mind is as follows:

Dell PowerEdge R720 2x Xeon E5-2690 V2 (10 core 3.0Ghz)
128GB RAM (PC3 10600R)
PERC H710 Mini Raid Card (flashed to IT mode...

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