Supermicro SCE300 / SC101F

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Evan

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Anybody got their hands on the newer SM small chassis and used them ?

- would you see any concerns running a rev 1 X10SDV-F (1540) in there due to heat or heatsink issues ?
- in the larger chassis might there be just enough room (width) where the PCIe card could be if using an Mini-ITX board to stack some more 2.5" ssd's ? (Chassis is 61mm wider, no idea how to find room to mount but even Velcro to the base would get 1 extra and could fit below the PCIe card if any used)
- how is the noise ? 1u and 40mm fans I know.... but they are only 8500rpm and ~12 cfm, could just use 3 x 3rd party quiet ones at ~5-6 cfm maybe although not sure about static pressure being enough bust small case and nowhere else for the air to go should be ok)
 

PigLover

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SM's full server config with the SC101F is the E200-8D. which is equipped with an X10SDV-6C-TLN4F. This is the 35W 6 core board instead of the 45W 8 core board you are looking at. It might struggle a bit with cooling but likely would work.

The SCE300 is used for the E300-8D server which is comes with X10SDV-TP8F so at least SM thinks it can handle the 10W hotter board...

@tenet did a pretty good thread on the E300-8D. Lots of info covering most of your questions here: Supermicro SYS-E300-8D
 

Evan

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@PigLover , thanks, I did a search but that's the thread that would have answered all !
@tenet , thanks to have included the pictures that really do answer my question.

It's probably great for a router type appliance but for extra storage or outright cpu compute not ideal.

Think I will just try the SC721 when I swap things around. I was tempted to use 1u like SC504/SC505 but shipping to Singapore is offensive ! (It is on all but the SC721 amazon will at least ship direct for half the price wiredzone will)

No if only the SC721 came with the gold 200w psu...
 
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tenet

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It's probably great for a router type appliance but for extra storage or outright cpu compute not ideal.
You might want to revise your opinion on this. Take a look at Supermicro's SC504 series rackmount case. You can, in theory, fit 4x2.5", 2 SATADOM, and one M2.SATA all in one tiny case. Oh, and did you check out the 16 core version of this board?

The real limitation is the maximum RAM allowed.

A link to help you start.
 

Evan

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SC504/505 was an option also but nobody would ship it for reasonable $ to SG
128gb ram onboard :)
Got as SC721 and it was delivered yesterday, will see how I like it and what works best.

On the topic if ram, no seeing myself cpu bound generally, playing with ceph for example 3 nodes x 12gb each is 36gb gone just for 3 storage nodes (yes I could make smaller but following rule of thumb sizing for playing) so the ram goes reasonably fast.
 
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Evan

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To bump and old thread, this is still in my mind...
anybody see a way to fit more than 2 x 15mm drives in the CSE-E300 case if using the boards with built in sas controller (i.e. Don't an add in riser or card)
Certainly 2 drives fit... but more ?