I have mostly been using HP G8 based systems throughout my vast 4 month experience (DL360p, DL360e, DL560), and an older Supermicro 8X based system. Now I have come across a S2600GL based system which from what I have researched is a generic Intel motherboard you'll typically find in some generic Intel based cases.
I like the idea of the more generic motherboard, case, psu, add-on modules, etc. But the question on my mind is if one "better" than the other? Better can be a matter of perspective. Until I get some rails in to properly run this unit in my rack do some performance testing, the only assumptions I can make currently is the following:
People here have far more experience than I can ever hope to have, so from what you have seen, or maybe even personal performance tests that you have run, have you noticed if a S2600GL based system with the same CPU/RAM is better or worse than say a DL360p G8 system? Which would you prefer to run/support in your data center?
I like the idea of the more generic motherboard, case, psu, add-on modules, etc. But the question on my mind is if one "better" than the other? Better can be a matter of perspective. Until I get some rails in to properly run this unit in my rack do some performance testing, the only assumptions I can make currently is the following:
- S2600GL Pros (so far): Generic components, likely easier IOMMU configuration for device pass-through on VM, decent driver support, support both v1 and v2 E5-2600 CPUs
- DL360p G8 Pros: Components are more polished (case, riser boards, other components), parts are very cheap as they can only be used with HP, decent driver support, remote console is HTML5, support both v1 and v2 E5-2600 CPUs
- S2600GL Cons (so far): Components not as polished (case has sharp edges), remote console is Java
- DL360p G8 Cons: Proprietary parts, difficult/buggy IOMMO setup
People here have far more experience than I can ever hope to have, so from what you have seen, or maybe even personal performance tests that you have run, have you noticed if a S2600GL based system with the same CPU/RAM is better or worse than say a DL360p G8 system? Which would you prefer to run/support in your data center?