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If you’re wanting a storage box usually it’s just less headache to buy used server gear off eBay. Plenty of bays, DDR3 RDIMM’s are cheap, and power efficient iv
by snuxoll 8y ago
If you’re wanting a storage box usually it’s just less headache to buy used server gear off eBay. Plenty of bays, DDR3 RDIMM’s are cheap, and power efficient ivy/sandy bridge systems are finally in affordable price ranges.
I’m the kind of person that lurks in /r/homelab though - so I’ve also got a 25U rack to keep all my gear. If you want a tower to stuff in a corner things get more dicey.
- blattimwind 8y ago2011-1 systems really aren't that power efficient. 16 DIMMs, 2 sockets will draw ~120 W idle.
- snuxoll 8y agoDon’t populate all 16 DIMM’s unless you need that much memory? Both my single-socket R320 and dual-socket R520 idle at 70W each with 6 DIMM’s installed. Most people probably don’t need the gobs of memory I have either. A R520 with one socket populated and 2x8 or 16GB dual-ranked RDIMM’s would be more than sufficient.
- blattimwind 8y agoI actually misspoke. The system above was configured with only 8 DIMMs (8 GB each) at the time. That's the lower limit for this platform before performance is degraded.
- snuxoll 8y agoSingle socket Ivy/Sandy Bridge-EN servers exist and only need three DIMM’s for max performance, that’s what I run FreeNAS on (R320 with a E5-2450L, mind you I have six DIMM’s).