FINAL Bachelor Build - Xeon D vSAN Cluster

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IamSpartacus

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Load temps with this thing are turning out to be even more incredible! So my idle temps went down from 59C to 44C and after doing 1 hour of a typical transcoding load for me (transcoding high bitrate 1080p blurays down to low bitrate 720p) my load temp never went above 54C! That's a 20-26C drop from the stock heatsink that saw my loading temps around 80C and sometimes higher. Now this wasn't a 100% load on the CPU (closer to 80%) but I'm overjoyed with these results given my typical applications.
 

IamSpartacus

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Was the load test with just a single transcoded stream? Is it possible to max out the transcoded streams and see the load temps then?
Yes that was a single stream which used about 80% CPU usage.

OK 9 transcodes going at once right now including one optimized version to ensure transcoding is always taking place. Temps fluctuating between 59-60C after 10 minutes.

Also, htop showing all cores at 100% during this test.
 

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OK 9 transcodes going at once right now including one optimized version to ensure transcoding is always taking place. Temps fluctuating between 59-60C after 10 minutes.

Also, htop showing all cores at 100% during this test.
Those temps are really good especially since the only change was the heatsink and nothing else.
 

IamSpartacus

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OMFG, ouch and I am envious at the same time...that's a SWEET lookin' piece o' switching gear and wiring job good sir!

~tips hat
Thanks @whitey.


A lot of $$ but excluding any actual hardware failure you can expect it to be useful and relevant for a lot of years.
Yea for that price it was clearly an investment. For my home network I can't see myself needing anything more for a very long time.
 

Geran

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Why did you pick the asrock board over the SuperMicro one?

If that D-1537 becomes available from I'll be interested in it
 

IamSpartacus

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Why did you pick the asrock board over the SuperMicro one?

If that D-1537 becomes available from I'll be interested in it
I wanted a D-1541 with onboard SFP+ and HBA. This was the only one that seemed to fit that bill.

I'll keep you posted on the D-1537 as it may go up for sale in a week or two.
 

IamSpartacus

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Did you choose this board over the X10SDV-7TP4F (Supermicro X10SDV-7TP4F Embedded Processor) purely because of clock speed?

TIA for answering my asinine questions. I'm ready to build my next node and use my existing node to stream games haha.
I have two of X10SDV-7TP4F boards already. I'm adding this one to the cluster and yes clock speed was a big factor because I do a lot of background transcoding in Plex. However, with that said the D-1537 has been doing just fine for my needs and can support 9+ simultaneous transcodes so this was more of a want not a need ;).
 
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whitey

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I'm diggin' the ASRock mobo packing WAY more than the SM weak packaging job. Zip tied up and all!

Can I get a 'Hell Yeah'!???
 
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While the packaging is better and both companies make a great board, I generally prefer a SM board over ASRock. Typically their tech support is top notch when you get a hold of someone.
 

IamSpartacus

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While the packaging is better and both companies make a great board, I generally prefer a SM board over ASRock. Typically their tech support is top notch when you get a hold of someone.
I will admit I'm kind of upset that I won't be able to access the IPMI of this board from the IPMIView console along with the 4 other of my boards :(.