Very likely that their idle numbers would be somewhere between 25%-50% of the figures in the pdf shared by @longbowch (page 25). These aren't miracle devices, they still use power, especially when fully configured.
It comes with a Xeon D-1541 (8core-16 thread) but no RAM.
Thanks! Can you take some pics of the back IO of the server? Also of the HDD treys that came with it? Are they screw-less?
So it turns out they are not that loud (at least without any load and no disks). 58-60 db in front and 70-ish db in back at idle. 75-80db with full fan spool-up during boot. I could live with one of these in a closet or, even under my desk for a bit if need be.
Thanks for the pics! Is there an internal part of the chassis that slides out to replace drives in a running system, or do you have to power off/remove top cover/replace hdd?
I haven't set this one up (except to validate basic specs). The server was slightly damaged during shipping and the seller has shipped a replacement that should arrive friday. Once I get it, I'll set it up and can get rough power usage and answer any further questions (I've already packed the original for return). For what it's worth, the drive tray doesn't physically disconnect from the SAS controller when it's slid out so disks should be hot-swappable. Overall, this would be a perfect high density file storage system if it wasn't three feet deep.
Send me $475 and I'll do it! ;-)Maybe someone can buy one and convert to a short depth 2U instead. And make a build guide. Please?
Well.. I meant keeping all the drives accessible actually. Or perhaps just 8pcs 3.5". To make the two 1U parts of equal length.
FWIW, there are four 2.5" bays in the front that are connected to the SAS expander. The two 2.5" slots in the rear are meant to be used as OS disks presumably as they are the only ones not on the SAS expander.
The specs say the 12 x 3.5 are SAS or SATA, the 4x front are 2.5" SATA, and the rear 2x 2.5" are sata. Where are you seeing the 4x 2.5" front are SAS?
