I asked this question a few months ago when I was favoring a low end EPYC 7003 build, but stalled due to processor unavailability. In that time, I've also started second guessing the EPYC choice since idle power consumption seems to be significantly higher than Intel, and I expect this home server to be idling much more than running all out. Build needs are as follows:
Case: SuperMicro 846BA-R920B (4U, 24 hot swap trays)
I read Patrick's April 2020 TrueNAS build using the Xeon D-based ASRock Rack D1541D4U-2O8R. And while his needs were similar to mine except for size/space, unfortunately, that Asrock MB is no where to be found anymore. And Xeon D 1500 was kinda long in the tooth in April 2020, and now is even a year older! So I started looking at the Xeon e5-2690v4 (14c/28t) since I can get them used on Ebay for $230. But those are still Broadwell cores, vulnerable to Spectre/Meltdown... I was hoping for something a bit newer & shinier.
Started looking at the Scalable 1st gen, something like a 4110 (8c) used for $300ish, and then finally landed on the Scalable 2nd gen 4210 (10c) for $350 'new' on Ebay. Was thinking about teaming that with a MB that comes embedded SFP+, Broadcom/LSI 3008 SAS3, and preferably 2 NVMEs. Currently looking at something like the Supermicro X11SPH-nCTPF. But I've also been eyeing the SM workstation board X11SPA-TF and it's 4 NVME drives... which appears to use a C621 chipset vs. C622, but I don't see much difference between the two. The X11SPA-TF would be a more expensive option, unless I can find one used, since I would need to add cards for SFP+ and SAS3.
Any thoughts or input? What am I missing?
- Run ESXi 7.x on bare iron
- TrueNAS VM w/ the required HBAs passed thru
- ~2-4 lightweight VMs for various home server duties including
- Plex on linux w. some sort of GPU pass thru
- Blue Iris on Windows (Intel QuickSync would be nice)
- Some TBD Container OS
- IPMI
- SFP+
- Ideally: Low idle power consumption, low cost, but enough horsepower to more than handle the workloads I've listed.
- Also Ideally: MB w/ support for a couple M.2 NVME. Embedded LSI/Broadcom HBAs.
- Function for 3-5 years
- Rackmounted. Plenty of room for an ATX or eATX MB.
Case: SuperMicro 846BA-R920B (4U, 24 hot swap trays)
- Backplane: SAS846A
- PSUs: 2X PWS-920P-SQ
I read Patrick's April 2020 TrueNAS build using the Xeon D-based ASRock Rack D1541D4U-2O8R. And while his needs were similar to mine except for size/space, unfortunately, that Asrock MB is no where to be found anymore. And Xeon D 1500 was kinda long in the tooth in April 2020, and now is even a year older! So I started looking at the Xeon e5-2690v4 (14c/28t) since I can get them used on Ebay for $230. But those are still Broadwell cores, vulnerable to Spectre/Meltdown... I was hoping for something a bit newer & shinier.
Started looking at the Scalable 1st gen, something like a 4110 (8c) used for $300ish, and then finally landed on the Scalable 2nd gen 4210 (10c) for $350 'new' on Ebay. Was thinking about teaming that with a MB that comes embedded SFP+, Broadcom/LSI 3008 SAS3, and preferably 2 NVMEs. Currently looking at something like the Supermicro X11SPH-nCTPF. But I've also been eyeing the SM workstation board X11SPA-TF and it's 4 NVME drives... which appears to use a C621 chipset vs. C622, but I don't see much difference between the two. The X11SPA-TF would be a more expensive option, unless I can find one used, since I would need to add cards for SFP+ and SAS3.
Any thoughts or input? What am I missing?