Blade server for game server

[Monkey5283]

I was wondering if using a used blade server off eBay would be a good choice for game server hosting. 

[manikyath]

absolutely not, for a few reasons:

- unwieldly

- ebay means decomissioned means old means high power draw

- non-standard hardware, so hardware failures are near-impossible to deal with

- other options are plenty, and are better in just about any aspect.

[Windows7ge]

@Lurick You were talking about blade servers (that you own?) a short time back. Thoughts?

 

I don't know if Blade Servers run standard OS's or of they need specialized software to work. Depending on the games though I can't say you'll need THAT much density in terms of CPU & RAM. Single socket LGA2011 or LGA2011-v3 a pile of RAM and a good hypervisor would enable you to host about as much as you could want all at once (or within the confinds of your home internet plan)

[Lurick]

5 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

@Lurick You were talking about blade servers (that you own?) a short time back. Thoughts?

 

I don't know if Blade Servers run standard OS's or of they need specialized software to work. Depending on the games though I can't say you;ll ned THAT much density in terms of CPU & RAM. Single socket LGA2011 or LGA2011-v3 a pile of RAM and a good hypervisor would enable you to host about as much as you could want all at once (or within the confinds of your home internet plan)

They can run a standard OS but they need a chassis to house them so unless OP is getting them dirt cheap and is ready to fork out a good bit of money for power it's not worth it.

[Electronics Wizardy]

To sum up what others have said, don't get unless unless you have a chassis. These can't be used without the chassis. 

[Windows7ge]

2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

They can run a standard OS but they need a chassis to house them so unless OP is getting them dirt cheap and is ready to fork out a good bit of money for power it's not worth it.

I've always wanted to play with a blade server. For both compute and virtualization purposes. I wonder how NUMA works on them. I take it they require 4XXX series or 8XXX series Xeons so they have the QPI links to talk to each other.

[Monkey5283]

Does this not have a chassis on it?

[Lurick]

Just now, Windows7ge said:

I've always wanted to play with a blade server. For both compute and virtualization purposes. I wonder how NUMA works on them. I take it they require 4XXX series or 8XXX series Xeons so they have the QPI links to talk to each other.

Depends on the blade since some are "single wide" and usually only have 2 CPUs in those so they can use the 2xxx series but I haven't looked at NUMA scaling on them. Double wide are usually 4 or 8 CPUs depending on the vendor

[Lurick]

@Monkey5283 No, that's just an enclosure itself for the parts of the blade server. You need a separate chassis itself to power it.

Like this:

https://www.metservers.com/HP-ProLiant-c7000-Chassis-with-16x-BL460c-G8-Blade-Server

[Monkey5283]

14 minutes ago, Lurick said:

@Monkey5283 No, that's just an enclosure itself for the parts of the blade server. You need a separate chassis itself to power it.

Like this:

https://www.metservers.com/HP-ProLiant-c7000-Chassis-with-16x-BL460c-G8-Blade-Server

Ok now I’m lost what is the difference between a blade server and regular server?

[Lurick]

Just now, Monkey5283 said:

Ok now I’m lost what is the difference between a blade server and regular server?

Blade servers are modular and go inside a larger enclosure and lack power supplies and other parts on the rear. A regular server is fully encompased and includes a power supply, I/O ports, etc. and works without a chassis.

[Monkey5283]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

Blade servers are modular and go inside a larger enclosure and lack power supplies and other parts on the rear. A regular server is fully encompased and includes a power supply, I/O ports, etc. and works without a chassis.

So what can a guy use for hosting game servers?

[Lurick]

Just now, Monkey5283 said:

So what can a guy use for hosting game servers?

You'll need a non-blade server. Dell R610 or R620 are great options.

[Monkey5283]

5 minutes ago, Lurick said:

You'll need a non-blade server. Dell R610 or R620 are great options.

How expensive r they?

[Lurick]

Just now, Monkey5283 said:

How expensive r they?

Depends on the specs but usually $100+

[Monkey5283]

29 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Depends on the specs but usually $100+

Aight thanks man 

[AbsoluteFool]

3 hours ago, Monkey5283 said:

Ok now I’m lost what is the difference between a blade server and regular server?

There are three main types of servers.

 

Blade Servers (Needs a bigger chassis to get power, internet connectivity and management)

Rack Servers (Probably most standard) These "looks" like blase servers but are a few times bigger aprox 19" x 600-800 CM long

Tower Servers which looks like normal computers.

[Shankem831]

On 1/26/2020 at 4:03 PM, Lurick said:

You'll need a non-blade server. Dell R610 or R620 are great options.

Ive been looking at these. I find all kinds of different prices from $400 - $1500. Do you have a link to some that you recommend?