low power E5-2609 V3 ESXi build

[tubs-ffm]

For home use currently I do have a E3-1230 V3 ESXi DIY build. The main focus was on low idle power consumption (electricity bill and heat absorbtion). But once started with virtualisation the limit of 32 GB RAM was reached fast.

Instead of replaysing my old workstation PC by a new one I thought about to replace the E3-1200 V3 ESXi server by a E5-2600 V3 System and use the "old" E3-1200 system as workstation replacement. This would give me the chance to increase RAM over 32 GB without much invest. (The invest for the new workstation is planned anyway).

How much about is the idle power consumption of a E3-1230 V3 System in comparison to a E5-2609 V3 System?

Current system (for reference)

- Supermicro X10SL7-F
- Intel E3-1230 V3
- 4 x 8 GB PC3L-12800 UDIMM 1.35 V
- SeaSonic SSR-360GP
- vmware ESXi 5.5 (with PCI pass though of LSI 2308 to file server VM)

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[Patrick]

It is going to be more but my sense is that the delta is in 15-25w range. One benefit you could get if you are using SATA drives is that you can fit 10 drives on the onboard SATA controller. If you are doing pass-through, you will want the LSI controller too which will add power consumption.

Adding RAM will mean more DIMMs which adds power, but DDR4 is better power consumption wise but it will not offset the larger platform/ need for another LSI controller.

 

[tubs-ffm]

Thanks.

The X10SL7-F does have a LSI 2308 with 8 SATA ports on-board. Using this in pass through mode gives the storage VM direct Access to the hard drives. By doing so I can use ReFS or ZFS without virtualization layer of vmware below and I can use HDD spin down of the file server diks. A 2011-3 board from Supermicro with LSI 3008 on board would be X10SRH-CF.

For sure, more DIMMS will need more power. Therefore first I was interested in the direct comparison of the two systems E3-1200 V3 and E5-2600 V3 by keeping other parameters constant.

 

[NeverDie]

For home use currently I do have a E3-1230 V3 ESXi DIY build. The main focus was on low idle power consumption (electricity bill and heat absorbtion). But once started with virtualisation the limit of 32 GB RAM was reached fast.

Instead of replaysing my old workstation PC by a new one I thought about to replace the E3-1200 V3 ESXi server by a E5-2600 V3 System and use the "old" E3-1200 system as workstation replacement. This would give me the chance to increase RAM over 32 GB without much invest. (The invest for the new workstation is planned anyway).

How much about is the idle power consumption of a E3-1230 V3 System in comparison to a E5-2609 V3 System?

Current system (for reference)

- Supermicro X10SL7-F
- Intel E3-1230 V3
- 4 x 8 GB PC3L-12800 UDIMM 1.35 V
- SeaSonic SSR-360GP
- vmware ESXi 5.5 (with PCI pass though of LSI 2308 to file server VM)

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Have you measured yet the idle power consumption of your Supermicro X10SL7-F?

 

[T_Minus]

Thanks.

The X10SL7-F does have a LSI 2308 with 8 SATA ports on-board. Using this in pass through mode gives the storage VM direct Access to the hard drives. By doing so I can use ReFS or ZFS without virtualization layer of vmware below and I can use HDD spin down of the file server diks. A 2011-3 board from Supermicro with LSI 3008 on board would be X10SRH-CF.

For sure, more DIMMS will need more power. Therefore first I was interested in the direct comparison of the two systems E3-1200 V3 and E5-2600 V3 by keeping other parameters constant.

@tubs-ffm did you get your new build going?

 

[tubs-ffm]

@tubs-ffm did you get your new build going?

No, not yet. I am still on my old system.