* Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
Am 18.08.2017 um 11:19 schrieb Pete French <petefre...@ingresso.co.uk>:
The HP micro servers work very well, and you can pick them up remakably cheaply
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Not sure about ECC memory support there though.
They do support ECC, no problem.
They are available with different CPU configurations from
as Pete said remarkably cheap Celeron D based systems
up to Xeon CPUs.
I've just sold my Microserver Gen8 (Xeon) just recently.
It's a beautiful little machine, but I didn't make me happy in the long run.
Reasons:
- Limited to 8GB Ram in total
- Only 4 HDDs
- JBOD support is not great
- Harddrives are never going to sleep (not supported)
Installing FreeBSD was harder than expected. The machine refused to boot FreeBSD
from the internal non-raid SATA ports. I didn't try FreeNAS though.
Also, in case you go with a Microserver - I think all non-xeon models do not
support AES-NI, which will cut the throughput in case you plan to encrypt your
drives.
iX-Systems would have been my choice to replace this machine until I found out
that I can build something myself that suits my needs even better.
Note, I was looking at the 8 bay model and I would have to add around $280 for
shipping and tax to Germany.
I'm now going for this custom build:
- Fractal Design Define R5
Reason: Silent, enough space for 12 drives
- SuperMicro MBD-A1SAI-2550F-O
Reason: IPMI, ECC, AES-NI, 64GB Ram, Intel NIC, low power consumption
- 4x 8GB Kingson ECC SODIMM
Reason: 16GB modules are not yet available
- Seasonic X-Series Fanless X-400FL 400W passiv
Reason: Fanless -> silent
The complete order was around 1000€
That being said, I'm planning to put an older 3ware controller in JBOD mode in
it and I also have SSDs and drives already. The board has only 6 SATA ports.
But that would be enough for you.
This might be a little big for you. But maybe it gives you ideas.
Best Regards,
Stefan
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