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[174.26.202.167]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r8sm248073pfh.29.2020.07.14.17.02.23 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 14 Jul 2020 17:02:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Freebsd running on used Rack server To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: From: Don Wilde Message-ID: <06b6c34e-48e5-621e-fa7a-e914680997fb@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 17:02:22 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4B5yHl2c0vz3Tfn X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=b2OyzpBr; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dwilde1@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::102c as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dwilde1@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.05 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[174.26.202.167:received]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.07)[-1.071]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.986]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.01)[0.012]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::102c:from]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:02:30 -0000 On 7/14/20 4:19 PM, Martin Glazer wrote: > Hello > Just curious what used Rack server would you recommend? I like the Intel > Xeon CPU > > I like the idea. I have Freebsd running in a used Dell Precision T3600 with > 6 core Xeon CPU Well, I'm a former Dell Enterprise and Intel coder, and I like server-class Xeons, but I have to say that an AMD Epyc with Micron's variant of Optane caching technology doesn't look bad either. I have experience with SuperMicro and Dell servers in racks, and the SM servers give you all the choice options (including genuine Intel) at a very competitive price. Whether you spend your money on gobs of cores or gobs of memory is the real choice and that depends on your workload. Anything less than a Facebook clone or video server doesn't really require more than a 1U or 2U server although 2U+ units give you excellent options for hot-swap RAID disks. Having multiple locations for failover is also an important consideration to factor in to your budget. Make sure you understand the difference between workstation-Xeons and server-Xeons. A Precision tower -- even with six physical cores -- is a good workstation, not a server. Yes, it's an awesomely fast machine, but good server-class rack chassis with Xeons don't cost a heck of a lot more than you spent on that tower and 20+ physical cores is not out of line nor exorbitantly expensive. -- Don Wilde **************************************************** * What is the Internet of Things but a system * * of systems including humans? * ****************************************************