I need help figuring out what hardware is shipping and available that I can use to build a new rack mountable 1U form factor server/workstation class machine with dual power supplies. It will be used as a Build Server to execute software compilations and tests. I currently run these on multiple hardware platforms using either an Intel Xeon E5-2690 v2 / Xeon E5-2680 v4 attached to a PureStorage All Flash storage array. I’ve benchmarked a single build running on a host without anything else running at 40 min with the CPU at 100% of a single core during the run. Performance is the same if I use a local SSD/NVMe drive. Running 5 concurrent builds on the same host take ~45 min so the bottleneck appears to be the CPU clock performance.
My goal is to increase the single build performance by using CPUs with faster core frequencies and leverage Turbo boost and buy multiple servers to scale-out.
Budget: Under $5,000
I'm looking to get quality new parts as this machine will be under heavy constant use.
Base Requirements:
Single Socket, ~4-6-8 Cores w/ High Frequency & Turbo Boost
64/128GB RAM
NVMe 512/1TB Drive w/ good write performance
IPMI Support (OS is VMware ESXi)
Dual power supplies (Must have for this use case)
Challenges:
1. 1U Case & Motherboard with IPMI and Dual Power Supplies?
A friend has offered to host this in their datacenter but requires redundant power supplies. The OS is going to be VMware ESXi so basic IPMI support is necessary. These requirements limit the type of motherboard / socket type that I'm able to use which then limits the CPU.
It's been over a decade since I've built a Server vs buy from Dell/HP so any help here would be much appreciated. Do I want to buy a Case/Motherboard combo from Supermicro or try to find them separately like I would a desktop build?
2. What CPU should I build this around?
I'm open to ALL suggestions but Needs to be available to ship in January 2020.
- i9-9900KS (Coffee Lake Refresh - Socket 1151 - 8c/16t - 4GHz / 5GHz Turbo)
- Xeon E-2288G (Coffee Lake Refresh - Socket 1151 - 8c/16t - 3.7GHz / 5GHz Turbo)
- Xeon W-3225 (Cascade Lake - Socket 3647 - 8c/16t - 3.7GHz / 4.3GHz Turbo)
My goal is to increase the single build performance by using CPUs with faster core frequencies and leverage Turbo boost and buy multiple servers to scale-out.
Budget: Under $5,000
I'm looking to get quality new parts as this machine will be under heavy constant use.
Base Requirements:
Single Socket, ~4-6-8 Cores w/ High Frequency & Turbo Boost
64/128GB RAM
NVMe 512/1TB Drive w/ good write performance
IPMI Support (OS is VMware ESXi)
Dual power supplies (Must have for this use case)
Challenges:
1. 1U Case & Motherboard with IPMI and Dual Power Supplies?
A friend has offered to host this in their datacenter but requires redundant power supplies. The OS is going to be VMware ESXi so basic IPMI support is necessary. These requirements limit the type of motherboard / socket type that I'm able to use which then limits the CPU.
It's been over a decade since I've built a Server vs buy from Dell/HP so any help here would be much appreciated. Do I want to buy a Case/Motherboard combo from Supermicro or try to find them separately like I would a desktop build?
2. What CPU should I build this around?
I'm open to ALL suggestions but Needs to be available to ship in January 2020.
- i9-9900KS (Coffee Lake Refresh - Socket 1151 - 8c/16t - 4GHz / 5GHz Turbo)
- Xeon E-2288G (Coffee Lake Refresh - Socket 1151 - 8c/16t - 3.7GHz / 5GHz Turbo)
- Xeon W-3225 (Cascade Lake - Socket 3647 - 8c/16t - 3.7GHz / 4.3GHz Turbo)