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I think that small businesses and home buyers have begun to make noisier (heh) demands for quieter servers. I assume that a sizable percentage of the 1U market

I think that small businesses and home buyers have begun to make noisier (heh) demands for quieter servers. I assume that a sizable percentage of the 1U market is going to small businesses that don’t want their printer closet sounding like it’s trying to take off.

detaro 6y ago
The more usual small business form factor is less-deep 3-4U cases that can be used as a tower or rackmount (once we go past small NAS boxes). Or shallow 1U with low-power parts for routers/small appliances. "Proper" 1U servers feel more like a thing for larger places, where density starts to matter more. Not sure why so many comments here focus on 1U.
- ashtonkem 6y ago
  I think instinctually it feels like 1U is what you should buy if you don’t need top of the line. That was my assumption as a non-hardware guy considering a home rack. I changed my mind once I found out about the noise issue.
  - bayindirh 6y ago
    You can get many top-of-line servers for various scenarios in 1U configuration. It can be quite packed up to a point (including GPUs). For home use servers, if you want 1U form factor, you can take a look at Dell's shallow 1U servers. They're pretty modestly powered but small, I think relatively silent and easy to maintain. Higher end servers have some fun features like advanced BMCs and such, but they come with relevant price tags, power consumption and noise. You can also look at SME tower servers.
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- WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
  Because decommissioned 1U is the cheapest entry into homelabbing (check labgopher)
  - detaro 6y ago
    The usual recommendations are R720 and DL380 though? neither of which are 1U.
    - bayindirh 6y ago
      R720 and DL380 are old, very ubiquitous servers. They are good workhorses and parts are plenty. Also they're not very closed platforms. They're not very silent though. However with an iLO or iDRAC license, they're joy to administer and use. They're also very reliable too.

detaro 6y ago

The more usual small business form factor is less-deep 3-4U cases that can be used as a tower or rackmount (once we go past small NAS boxes). Or shallow 1U with low-power parts for routers/small appliances. "Proper" 1U servers feel more like a thing for larger places, where density starts to matter more. Not sure why so many comments here focus on 1U.

ashtonkem 6y ago
I think instinctually it feels like 1U is what you should buy if you don’t need top of the line. That was my assumption as a non-hardware guy considering a home rack. I changed my mind once I found out about the noise issue.
- bayindirh 6y ago
  You can get many top-of-line servers for various scenarios in 1U configuration. It can be quite packed up to a point (including GPUs). For home use servers, if you want 1U form factor, you can take a look at Dell's shallow 1U servers. They're pretty modestly powered but small, I think relatively silent and easy to maintain. Higher end servers have some fun features like advanced BMCs and such, but they come with relevant price tags, power consumption and noise. You can also look at SME tower servers.
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WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
Because decommissioned 1U is the cheapest entry into homelabbing (check labgopher)
- detaro 6y ago
  The usual recommendations are R720 and DL380 though? neither of which are 1U.
  - bayindirh 6y ago
    R720 and DL380 are old, very ubiquitous servers. They are good workhorses and parts are plenty. Also they're not very closed platforms. They're not very silent though. However with an iLO or iDRAC license, they're joy to administer and use. They're also very reliable too.