I am trying to figure out how to incorporate the Dell R630 in my current setup at home. This machine is a beast; however, it is so quiet. Here are the specs:
My initial intent when purchasing the R630 was to build a new SAN server using Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces. However; based on the specs of the R630 I may be able to replace and consolidate some of the servers I have. Here is a list of servers I currently have.
VMWare ESXi Host with 4 VMs (using free version of the ESXi Hypervisor)
Specs:
Specs:
Other Storage Server - Not being used currently
Specs:
- Memory - 512GB DDR4 ECC Memory (16 32GB modules)
- CPUs – Two E5-2690 v3
- 2 Dell 300GB 10K SAS drives (I have the eight 2.5” hard drive configuration of the R630)
- Dual 1GbE NICs
- Dual 10GbE NICs (SFP+)
- Onboard Perc H330 Mini Raid Controller
- Dual 1100W Power Supply Units
- Front Bezel Included
- Rack Rails Included
- Warranty Until 2019
- Next Day Repair Service
My initial intent when purchasing the R630 was to build a new SAN server using Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Spaces. However; based on the specs of the R630 I may be able to replace and consolidate some of the servers I have. Here is a list of servers I currently have.
VMWare ESXi Host with 4 VMs (using free version of the ESXi Hypervisor)
Specs:
- IBM Thinkserver TS140 transplanted in a SuperMicro 2U CSE-822I-400LPB chassis
- Intel Xeon E3-1225v3
- 20GB DDR3 ECC Memory
- 1 240GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD drive – local storage only used to install ESXi 5.5 update 2
- 1GbE NIC
- Dual 10GbE NICs (Brocade 1020 Dual NIC card)
Specs:
- Supermicro 3U 16 Drive CSE-836E2-R800B Chassis - I have replaced the noisy dual power supplies and fans in the chassis with quieter ones.
- SuperMicro X7DBE Motherboard
- 2x Intel Xeon L5420
- 16GB DDR2 ECC RAM
- Dual 1GbE NICs
- Dual 10GbE NICs (Brocade 1020 Dual NIC card)
- 1 Intel 120GB SSD drive – for OS and Apps
- 14.5TB - 8 Hard drives of different sizes and speed to create FlexRaid Volume for Media files. Using available SATA ports (5) on motherboard as well as connecting the remaining drives to a LSI 9211-4i in IT mode (acts as a HBA) so Windows can see all the hard drives.
- LSI 9260CV-8i Card with CacheCade Pro 2.0 – used to create RAID 10 Volume and RAID 5 Volume for VM datastores. Using an Intel 240GB SSD drive for Cache drive.
- 8TB Raid 10 Volume – Four 4TB HGST Deskstar NAS 7200 RPM drives
- 2TB Raid 5 Volume - Three 1TB WD Green 5400 RPM drives
Other Storage Server - Not being used currently
Specs:
- SuperMicro 4U 24 drives Server Chassis: SC846TQ
- SuperMicro H8DME-2 Motherboard
- 1 Dual Core AMD Opteron, 2212 HE
- (3) AOC-SAT2-MV8 Controller Cards
- Supermicro AOC-SIM1U(+) & and AOC USB2RJ45
- (2) Supermicro 900w pws-902-1r redundant PSUs.
- (8GB) Qimonda 2GB PC2-5300 DDR2-667MHz ECC Registered CL5 240-Pin DIMM
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