Hey,
Right now I'm using two Poweredge C6100 with four nodes, each node having Dual Intel Xeon L5520 and 24 GB DDR3.
They offer great performance but unfortunately the idle power consumption is about 450W. Under load they use 700W.
I need them in order to test bare metal deployment tools and techniques. I've been through virtualizing bare-metal and it's a pain. So yes, I need bare-metal.
My "ideal" setup would be this:
- x64 Processor (no ARM), can be Intel or AMD
- a CPU that can do ~5000 points in CPU Benchmark. I can work with ~3000 as well but...the more the merrier
- virtualization support mandatory (VTx or AMD-V)
- fanless (if such a thing even exists for the aftermentioned CPU Benchmark score?)
- the cheapest motherboard that offers IPMI (the rack is in another room and walking there for each reset/reinstall was a pain in the arse)
- as low TDP as possible
- cheap?
What's your recommendation?
Thank you!
Right now I'm using two Poweredge C6100 with four nodes, each node having Dual Intel Xeon L5520 and 24 GB DDR3.
They offer great performance but unfortunately the idle power consumption is about 450W. Under load they use 700W.
I need them in order to test bare metal deployment tools and techniques. I've been through virtualizing bare-metal and it's a pain. So yes, I need bare-metal.
My "ideal" setup would be this:
- x64 Processor (no ARM), can be Intel or AMD
- a CPU that can do ~5000 points in CPU Benchmark. I can work with ~3000 as well but...the more the merrier
- virtualization support mandatory (VTx or AMD-V)
- fanless (if such a thing even exists for the aftermentioned CPU Benchmark score?)
- the cheapest motherboard that offers IPMI (the rack is in another room and walking there for each reset/reinstall was a pain in the arse)
- as low TDP as possible
- cheap?
What's your recommendation?
Thank you!