Server Upgrade

[matthewb987]

Hi guys

I am looking for some advice on what is the best upgrades for my server as it is really suffering now here are the specs of it currently

 

 

Thanks in advance

[kelvinhall05]

Get two cheap 12c Xeons (under $50 each), OC them (if you can).

[matthewb987]

4 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Get two cheap 12c Xeons (under $50 each), OC them (if you can).

Thanks for the advice just looked on amazon and found this

 

[manikyath]

suffering how exactly?

 

depending on the workload.. there' a whole bunch of different options here.

[matthewb987]

Just now, manikyath said:

suffering how exactly?

 

depending on the workload.. there' a whole bunch of different options here.

this server is running 4 VM's, web server Mail server, plex and active directory. we are also expecting to add a further 2 VM's in the near future

 

[Windows7ge]

Suffering when doing what? Something single-threaded or something multi-threaded? If single threaded look for CPUs with a higher boost clock. If multi-threaded pick up some CPUs with more cores.

 

Personally I'd step up to LGA2011. The E5-2670 or if you have the bucks the E5-2690. Same number of cores/threads as you have now but newer architecture, higher base/boost clock, it's a single package so all the cores can share data faster, and you could reuse your RAM.

[kelvinhall05]

5 minutes ago, matthewb987 said:

Thanks for the advice just looked on amazon and found this

 

Ebay.

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, matthewb987 said:

this server is running 4 VM's, web server Mail server, plex and active directory. we are also expecting to add a further 2 VM's in the near future

 

So plex likes single core performance which is not going to get much better on that platform. What is the server lacking? Not really enough information.

[matthewb987]

When 100 phone load from all the m's CEU is at 98% average and memory is the vote 27  Gigabyte use

[svmlegacy]

25 minutes ago, matthewb987 said:

Thanks for the advice just looked on amazon and found this

 

Easy there, hotshot. These don't even fit the socket you're running. What server are you using? If possible, you may be able to run a pair of X5675's (I run a single X5670.) If your system can't do 95 W CPU's, then you're even further limited. X5670's are cheap on ebay, if your system supports them.

[matthewb987]

Sorry just noticed my last post made no sense as used voice input it meant to say

 

Cpu at 100% when all 4 vms are in use and ram is using about 27gb of the 28 we have installed 

 

[matthewb987]

13 hours ago, svmlegacy said:

Easy there, hotshot. These don't even fit the socket you're running. What server are you using? If possible, you may be able to run a pair of X5675's (I run a single X5670.) If your system can't do 95 W CPU's, then you're even further limited. X5670's are cheap on ebay, if your system supports them.

The server is running is a hp pro liant 

 

 

Edited May 28, 2020 by matthewb987
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[matthewb987]

Would this be any good 

[Windows7ge]

1 hour ago, matthewb987 said:

Sorry just noticed my last post made no sense as used voice input it meant to say

 

Cpu at 100% when all 4 vms are in use and ram is using about 27gb of the 28 we have installed 

 

What upgrade budget do you have? Might be time to replace the whole server if it's a proprietary form-factor.

[matthewb987]

1 hour ago, Windows7ge said:

What upgrade budget do you have? Might be time to replace the whole server if it's a proprietary form-factor.

We have no set budget but new server sounds like a lot more than i was expecting what would you recommend for upgrading to

[Windows7ge]

3 minutes ago, matthewb987 said:

We have no set budget but new server sounds like a lot more than i was expecting what would you recommend for upgrading to

I think it's a better course of action as oppose to trying to upgrade an already very old server for modern purposes.

 

I already made a hardware suggestion:

This is still old/EOL but it's more efficient and more powerful than LGA1366. You should have plenty of room to expand your VMs using it.

[svmlegacy]

2 hours ago, matthewb987 said:

The server is running is a hp pro liant

You might want to take this picture down. That's some pretty personal stuff to the server.

 

I have an HP ProLiant DL380 G6. I haven't tried the X5675, but I know that anything with a higher TDP, it won't start. Other versions of the ProLiant might not be able to take the X series' TDP.