I need to replace an ageing HP DL360 G6 running a 4x disk RAID 10 array of SAS drives. It has the 1GB flash backed write cache option.
It’s hosting Zimbra, UniFi, Plex (just me using that) and Elastix PBX plus a few light weight lab type VMs. At most it sees 2-3 users concurrently.
I pay the electricity bill so keen to buy something with low power consumption.
Was thinking the HPE DL20 Gen10 would be just the thing but a bit unsure on storage. We currently use about 500GB on our existing ESXi box.
There seem to be two real options with the DL20. The dual SATA 3.5” configuration and the 6x 2.5” SATA config.
I was thinking to save money by getting the 3.5” option and fitting a 1TB or 2TB Samsung NVMe M.2 SSD onboard. I can’t see a need for a 3.5” spinning disk though a 2.5” SSD (might) be needed down the line though unlikely in the near term.
Other options might be a Supermicro Atom C3000 box. My current DL360 has a Xeon E5540 so even an Atom might be comparable. HEVC encode/decode support would be the icing on the cake but not critical. Either way any recommendations welcome.
It’s hosting Zimbra, UniFi, Plex (just me using that) and Elastix PBX plus a few light weight lab type VMs. At most it sees 2-3 users concurrently.
I pay the electricity bill so keen to buy something with low power consumption.
Was thinking the HPE DL20 Gen10 would be just the thing but a bit unsure on storage. We currently use about 500GB on our existing ESXi box.
There seem to be two real options with the DL20. The dual SATA 3.5” configuration and the 6x 2.5” SATA config.
I was thinking to save money by getting the 3.5” option and fitting a 1TB or 2TB Samsung NVMe M.2 SSD onboard. I can’t see a need for a 3.5” spinning disk though a 2.5” SSD (might) be needed down the line though unlikely in the near term.
Other options might be a Supermicro Atom C3000 box. My current DL360 has a Xeon E5540 so even an Atom might be comparable. HEVC encode/decode support would be the icing on the cake but not critical. Either way any recommendations welcome.