I have this exact system running in the data center as a pfSense firewall... grabbed it for about $110 fully loaded with 32gb ram. Powerful little system, and can't beat the cost.

@shyzouka76

4 ай бұрын

Its definetly a great server, but is one unredundant psu fine? I mean in production, i would use a dual psu server right?

@npham1198

4 ай бұрын

@@shyzouka76 Usually you'd run a second box in HA

@shyzouka76

4 ай бұрын

@@npham1198 oh yeah, that’s true. Totally forgot about that 😅

@jesseessej

4 ай бұрын

@@shyzouka76 It really depends on what kind of uptime guarantees you need. This server has two PSUs btw. And keep in mind, running a second server for HA is not always trivial, depending on your application. Even if you did, I'd still want the system to have two PSUs. This is true even for mundane things we may not necessarily think about, like needing to reroute the cabling. Also for maximum benefit you'd have the second PSU going to a different PDU, and if you really want to get redundant, have that other PDU running off of another power circuit.

Love your content!

Bought one of these a while back for that intended purpose. Even with the lowest TDP xeon processor, this thing is a POWERHOG. Unoptimized it used 120W at idle. After optimization, I was unable to get below 70W idle, and that was after disabling the unused 10Gbe ports and bios tweaks. Ultimately I abandoned the idea because software switching is never going to be as efficient as dedicated hardware switches and the power usage was comparable to a 5950x AMD server.

opnsense will do multi wan btw - good review, nice affordable hw, symmetric fiber is definitely the way to go

10g home Internet?! That's insane. I'm rocking 50mb... But it's stable and decent ping. For living in the country I'm happy. I think for my needs around 300mbps would be great. But more is always better!

@iceman997799

5 ай бұрын

1tb is what I now have but I am running a business line. running them split up to 100gb per router and have 16 of them.

@user-re7cq3wy6r

4 ай бұрын

Internet? it's for home lan

Nice video.

i think the powerusage is over the top for this old stuff.

@Alan.livingston

5 ай бұрын

Depends on how much you pay for power. Some people wouldn’t even notice where they are. If I ran this in my country I’d be bankrupted and I’d have to sell my kids for organ donation.

@shyzouka76

4 ай бұрын

​@@Alan.livingston Germany's 0,43 Cents/KWh...

@Alan.livingston

4 ай бұрын

@@shyzouka76 Sweet Jesus. That's way more than me.

@grifter2

4 ай бұрын

I have this server, i don't power it on most of the time. If i did it would cost me $348.12/year to run.

Suggestion? Clock it down, to keep the "High" speed, but lower the energy bill. Simple packets wont need 300+watt, arm chips use so little.

Nice, I have a similar system, a half depth Supermicro server, I'm just using a 6 port gigabit NIC, but I could upgrade it with a 10gb nic down the road.

NOTE: It may have been mentioned but the 10Gbe RJ45 ports on this are not "multigig", and can't negotiate at 2.5Gbe or 5Gbe (1Gbe/10Gbe only). Video shows 10Gbe fiber direct to 10Gbe modem, so all is good. Yet for anyone wanting internet BETWEEN 1Gbe and 10Gbe, you probably need extra hardware, as those modems often have 5Gbe "multigig" ports.

@zacki5663

5 ай бұрын

That is a HUGE callout. Honestly, I was just about to purchase it from the Ebay seller in the video, and went to double check the comments on this video. Given that small fact, there is actually a better option for me to buy with the PowerEdge, as I 100% will need a 1gb negotiation here for one of the downlinks and can't waste any PCIe lines on another gbe card

@jesseessej

5 ай бұрын

@@zacki5663 It can negotiate at 1Gb and 10Gb, not 10Gb only.

I have this exact server and elected not to use it because it pulls 171 watts at idle, for my home area that's $348.13 in power each year. For the same money (server+power) I was able to pick up a purpose built router that runs PFSense that supports dual 25gpbs, and quad 2.5gbps from GoWin. That box pulls less then 50 watts.

Salt lake has good ISP's iirc, there was some other youtuber by the name Snazzy labs who showed some ISP there with 10G Utopia fiber

I have that mother board, also have the intel SFP+ card. Like to have a case like that were the IO is in the front and the mother board fits in it. So fare all the ones I do find the mother board is to long for them. I have thought about getting the case I just hate the IO being in the back for it being a router. and all the switches the ports are in the front. right now I just use a patch panel to bring the ports to the front. That mother board is sweet but getting upgraded firmware is a pain, since Supermicro dose not list it anywhere. If I ever get fiber in my neighbor hood I be so very happy.

I was just wondering, based on the Ookla 10Gbps server demo site, did you have to use Jumbo frames in order to get near 10Gbe speeds? If so was it a 9k jumbo frame or whatever size and did it impact latency compared to the standard MTU size of 1500 bytes a typical ethernet standard uses? You're using a dual 10Gbe SFP network card, I know SFP isn't ethernet, what's the standard MTU size for that?

@DeviceCastingCouchTechPodcast

5 ай бұрын

I did not change any settings when using the the Ookla Speedtest CLI. The only option I used was the -s to just specify the speedtest server. Not all speedtest servers can saturate a 10Gb connection. I didn't change the MTU settings.

190$ is a steal!

@konmicks

6 ай бұрын

I’m saying!!

I personaly think this kind of server is a bit overkill when you can get a 1 or 2 years old optiplex and add a 10gig SFP+ or GBaseT net card in as you did in the supermicro anyway

@DeviceCastingCouchTechPodcast

5 ай бұрын

That is a good option too! There are multiple ways to have an awesome 10Gb router.

So...for those of us playing along at home, how loud is this thing once it idles down? I'm looking at moving back to a roll your own firewall setup (probably on OPNSense), but my rack isn't in the garage, its in the basement...right under the bedroom and screaming server fans do not lull me to sleep

So the fiber is authenticated to the optical stick solely 🤔 You just get your IP assigned through upstream DHCP right? There's nothing like PPPoE.

By the power of greyskull

Minisforum MS-01 might be a better alternative!

the only bad part is x10 mainboards from supermicro went eol last year, mean no security updaten anymore :(

Well now I am just mad I want something I don't need. Shame the board isn't ATX. I wouldn't mind a few more slots to just make it my home server.

it's normal server with software firewall/router

How loud is it under load?

@DeviceCastingCouchTechPodcast

6 ай бұрын

It isn't too loud compared to the Hyve Zeus I looked at in a previous video. Like all 1U servers it can get loud but with my pfsense setup my CPU usage is around 10% so it stays quiet.

@RobertoCarlos-tn1iq

6 ай бұрын

i had one of those hyve zeus firewalls . . . i tried ipmi settings and quiet fans . . . ended up just firing it into the garbage.

@humanflycb

5 ай бұрын

@@DeviceCastingCouchTechPodcast Thanks for your video! any way to get a decibel read on that guy?

@entjaz930

5 ай бұрын

I had this rig running for a while and it was so loud I could hear it on the other side of the house. Typical of any 1U supermicro chassis.

what's the sound on this bugger?

@ketapillar

6 ай бұрын

Like a clogged vacuum cleaner.

@taimaishublm

6 ай бұрын

@@ketapillar that's what I was assuming. I have a r210 ii that's ridiculously quiet. this would be a ridiculous upgrade, but the sound is not wanted.

@konmicks

4 ай бұрын

Personally, this router has alarmed my neighbors 4 times just from the fans. I’ve had the cops called to my home 2 times because of noise complaints. I recommend replacing the fans or creating a noise proof room for it. Other than that, it’s a fantastic router, and as they say “once you go 10Gb, you can’t go back!” My Minecraft server runs smooth!

How do you guys find these so cheap? I sit on eBay all week and never come across these steals.

hi can you share the dimension and if I put the server ina a 12U wall mount cabinet

@DeviceCastingCouchTechPodcast

5 ай бұрын

It is a standard 1U size with a depth of 26 inches.

First!

Overkill. Both computing power and energy consumption. Load a hypervisor on it and run tons of VMs and Containers, instead. Still like all your videos.