(ebay) Supermicro SYS-5018D-LNT4

[Dark]

Not a bad price for a decently featured board with only 25W TDP. Seller accepted $500 so he may go lower?

STH review: https://www.servethehome.com/supermicro-superserver-5018d-review/

System details: 5018D-LN4T | 1U | SuperServers | Products | Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Ebay link: Supermicro Super Server 5018d-ln4t,Mini 1u Rack mount,10gbe 672042233199 | eBay

 

[Sogndal94]

Does not feel right to pay 500 euro for dual core cpu

 

[Dark]

Does not feel right to pay 500 euro for dual core cpu

If you need more compute then sure, don't bother. Registered ECC support, low TDP, 10Gb, HTML5 virtual console, etc all line up to a solid low power server.

 

[J--]

Can you run iperf when you get it? I'd be curious if it could route 10Gb with that processor.

 

[BlueFox]

Unless you need a brand new barebone, you can pick up a higher end X10SDV (at least 4-core) motherboard off eBay for ~$250. Seeing as the chassis is under $200 new (and closer to $100 used), don't think it's a particularly good deal.

 

[Dark]

Can you run iperf when you get it? I'd be curious if it could route 10Gb with that processor.

It's going to a co-worker but I'll ask him if he can report back.

Unless you need a brand new barebone, you can pick up a higher end X10SDV (at least 4-core) motherboard off eBay for ~$250. Seeing as the chassis is under $200 new (and closer to $100 used), don't think it's a particularly good deal.

Which model exactly? Some of them ( X10SDV-4C-TLN2F ) only offer 10gb base-t nics (X552/X557) and were problematic.

 

[BlueFox]

Which model exactly? Some of them ( X10SDV-4C-TLN2F ) only offer 10gb base-t nics (X552/X557) and were problematic.

That's the most common model (at least on eBay). Wasn't aware they were prone to issues? I've had multiple running for years. The ones with 1GBe NICs tend to be cheaper when they pop up as well.

 

[Dark]

That's the most common model (at least on eBay). Wasn't aware they were prone to issues? I've had multiple running for years. The ones with 1GBe NICs tend to be cheaper when they pop up as well.

The 10Gb base-t nics were the only ones with issues. I had loads of connectivity issues with them on multiple X10SDV-12C-TLN4F-O. Looks like most of them had issues with the slight exception to the D-1541.

 

[Bjorn Smith]

The 10Gb base-t nics were the only ones with issues. I had loads of connectivity issues with them on multiple X10SDV-12C-TLN4F-O. Looks like most of them had issues with the slight exception to the D-1541.

I can confirm that the D-1500 series had issues with their nics - I sold two boards because they were unstable - supermicro had several firmware fixes for them and as I remember it was not only supermicro boards that had issues.

But to get back on point - I agree with @BlueFox I don't think its a particular good deal for a 2 core board and a chassis - but its decent and will make up a nice firewall or low power vm host.

 

[JediAcolyte]

@Bjorn Smith Can you elaborate on how you would run a firewall with one of these?

 

[Bjorn Smith]

@Bjorn Smith Can you elaborate on how you would run a firewall with one of these?

Not really - look up a pfsense guide and that would be a good starting point. 4 NIC, 2x10Gbps, 2x1Gbps should be plenty of connectivity. And 2 cores are plenty, unless you plan on running thousands of connections at full wirespeed.

 

[Weapon]

Interesting. I have used a X10SDV-4C-TLN2F as my primary FreeNAS/TrueNAS for a few years and have had no issues. What sort of issues have been reported?

 

[Bjorn Smith]

Interesting. I have used a X10SDV-4C-TLN2F as my primary FreeNAS/TrueNAS for a few years and have had no issues. What sort of issues have been reported?

Unstable network, i.e. disconnects - where the server loses connection and then reconnects - and sometimes loses connection, so a hard reset/reboot is required.

Workaround and fix for intermittent Intel X552/X557 10GbE/1GbE network link-down outages on Xeon D-1500 Series

PCs, EVs, home tech, efficiency, and more.

tinkertry.com

And its not only the 12 core machines that had this issue.

 

[i386]

Can you run iperf when you get it? I'd be curious if it could route 10Gb with that processor.

Not iperf but ntttcp and CX-3:

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/poor-performance-10gbe-network-why.31528/post-291660