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2011-1 systems really aren't that power efficient. 16 DIMMs, 2 sockets will draw ~120 W idle.
by blattimwind 8y ago
2011-1 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).