Dell R210 II - Feedback and questions

[colonoob]

I was browsing ebay since black Friday sucked deal wise and came across these Dell R210 II's. Xeon E3, 16GB and a 1TB HD + 80GB Intel 320 SSD:
Dell PowerEdge R210 II 1U Rack Server 16GB RAM E3 1220 CPU 1TB HDD 80GB SSD | eBay

Anyone know if these are quiet? Is there built-in/ free IPMI? These look better laid out than the Supermicro 1U's.

 

[andrewbedia]

IPMI would be with this DRAC module, I think Dell Remote Access Card DRAC6 Enterprise PowerEdge Server R210 K869T R168K MU531 | eBay

 

[HellDiverUK]

Quiet is relative. It's got 4x40mm fans. It's probably quieter than a lot of other 1U servers, but that's like saying a truck is quiet compared to a jet engine. You wouldn't want either in your spare room.

 

[Stanza]

I would imagine it would be rather quiet.

I have a R310 and that thing is very quiet.

Tho I will point out mine is single PSU version

R310 with 8gb ram and i3-530 = really damn quiet
R310 with 8gb ram and x3450 = little bit louder
R310 with 8gb ram and x3450 and Dell Sas HBA same as above
R310 with 8gb ram and i3-530 and Dell Sas HBA and 10gb fibre card = little bit louder again

Remove all 4 HDD's and system gets better cooler airflow direct to components.... (Eg boot from lan) the components stay cooler.... So fans tend to ramp up and down less. But having 4 HDD's blocking the front also quietens the box down a little as they tend to form a sound barrier / sound sink etc

So along with HP proliant servers, they tend to ramp up fans a little when unknown items are inserted in PCI-E slots and or higher power CPU's are installed.

Your mileage will vary, but still even with all loud making items installed above the system is what I would call very quiet for a 1RU server

 

[Biren78]

It can't be that loud. Those chips don't use that much power.

 

[yu130960]

I had 4 x r610s (now down to 2) and they are whisper quiet