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@sko, don't disagree with your observation concerning the significance of the reduction in powers consumption going from X500 to X700 series in most circumstances. I was hyper-focused on power consumption due to the highly related variable of heat production since I was looking for a NIC to...

It was my understanding that the Intel X7*0 chipsets consumed significantly less power than Intel X5*0 chipsets, all else equal (i.e., same connection type and speed). I have a vague recollection of reading testing results that supported this conclusion but I am drawing a blank and where I read...

I have built several PCs over the years, but never ventured into the world of server hardware. I'm slowly getting a grasp on Intel's nomenclature for Xeon processors and have been experimenting with Proxmox and VM solutions on Linux. The one area where I am not making much headway is getting a...