21-04-2015, 06:32 AM
I work as a Systems Engineer and the reason that kit is so cheap is because for a business they write the kit off after 3-5 years. After that point we unrack them, put replacements in, destroy hard disks, and send for recycling/discard them.
Overall good thinking though, servers are built for that kinda stuff and you are correct in saying that if you arent concerned about power/noise you are golden! Also check in the BIOS there will be settings for altitude/power consumption. Almost all servers have power settings, if you see your bill is a bit steep, maybe tweak that stuff
In reply to Ruan, I agree re the memory speed and technology. Everyone see's DDR4 and thinks, its a bigger number than 2, it MUST be better. Incorrect assumption. When the system reads through the memory table it has settings that govern how fast the lookup happens, called a CAS Latency. So you will see gaming RAM has a lower CAS Latency as it searched memory faster. So having DDR3 with a CAS Latency of 11 is probably equivalent to DDR2 667 with CL 4/5.
In my opinion, I love VMware ESXI. I deployed that on my own personal server (Poweredge 2950) in a datacenter and never looked back. Its simple, and I can run whatever OS on top. I run a mix of Linux/Windows - depending what piece of software Im playing with.
What has your decision been so far OP?
Overall good thinking though, servers are built for that kinda stuff and you are correct in saying that if you arent concerned about power/noise you are golden! Also check in the BIOS there will be settings for altitude/power consumption. Almost all servers have power settings, if you see your bill is a bit steep, maybe tweak that stuff
In reply to Ruan, I agree re the memory speed and technology. Everyone see's DDR4 and thinks, its a bigger number than 2, it MUST be better. Incorrect assumption. When the system reads through the memory table it has settings that govern how fast the lookup happens, called a CAS Latency. So you will see gaming RAM has a lower CAS Latency as it searched memory faster. So having DDR3 with a CAS Latency of 11 is probably equivalent to DDR2 667 with CL 4/5.
In my opinion, I love VMware ESXI. I deployed that on my own personal server (Poweredge 2950) in a datacenter and never looked back. Its simple, and I can run whatever OS on top. I run a mix of Linux/Windows - depending what piece of software Im playing with.
What has your decision been so far OP?
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& '97 Opel Astra 180ie 16v - oil spill & '07 VW Polo 1.9TDI (stolen) - Awesome car!"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life." - Henry David Thoreau