Dell PowerEdge m1000e: Overkill?

[miguelr]

So, I'm getting a Dell Poweredge m1000e. Its a Bladecenter. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FTSyMmeVg3c2nY_wdmAXn36PR0iB8hnxFJXDdY2mDjc/edit <- Thats how I'm outlying it.

 

And for anyone who doesnt know what a m1000e is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_M1000e

 

 

Nuff said?

[Electronics Wizardy]

I woudn't get one. Unless you need lots of computers, just get a few 2/1u servers. 

[miguelr]

1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

I woudn't get one. Unless you need lots of computers, just get a few 2/1u servers. 

I need the space though. Only have 12U To play with.

[Unhelpful]

15 minutes ago, miguelr said:

I need the space though. Only have 12U To play with.

What's your use-case?

[SLAYR]

3 hours ago, miguelr said:

I need the space though. Only have 12U To play with.

Do you need more then 3 4u, 6 2u servers, or 12 1u servers? 

 

Whitout knowing what you are doing with the servers noone can figure out whether or not it is overkill.

[Scheer]

The chassis is 10u's for 6 blades of dual L5630s, using passmark as the benchmark you'll get a 53k passmark score fully loaded up.

 

Or... you can pickup (4) E5-2670s and put them in two systems with dual socket boards, and could even go 1u each for a total of 2u's for essentailly the same passmark (50K).

 

If space is a concern, buying a really old blade system is not the way to go. Not to mention that 1u servers are loud, but blades are literally unbearable to be near IMO. 

[leadeater]

Also even though this blade chassis doesn't require it a lot use 3 phase power. Newer hybrid blade servers I like much more e.g. Dell C6220

[miguelr]

On 6/13/2016 at 6:58 PM, leadeater said:

Also even though this blade chassis doesn't require it a lot use 3 phase power. Newer hybrid blade servers I like much more e.g. Dell C6220

Not if you use the 120V power supplies.

[miguelr]

On 6/13/2016 at 6:31 PM, Scheer said:

The chassis is 10u's for 6 blades of dual L5630s, using passmark as the benchmark you'll get a 53k passmark score fully loaded up.

 

Or... you can pickup (4) E5-2670s and put them in two systems with dual socket boards, and could even go 1u each for a total of 2u's for essentailly the same passmark (50K).

 

If space is a concern, buying a really old blade system is not the way to go. Not to mention that 1u servers are loud, but blades are literally unbearable to be near IMO. 

6 blades? you can put more than 6 blades in there. 

 

and the m1000e is not that old.

[miguelr]

On 6/13/2016 at 2:36 PM, JoeyDM said:

What's your use-case?

ESXi Clustering, Plex Media Server, and some physical hardware for applications that can't be virtualized.

 

That, and to learn.

[Scheer]

9 hours ago, miguelr said:

6 blades? you can put more than 6 blades in there. 

 

and the m1000e is not that old.

My bad, I have no idea how I came up with it only having 6 blades haha.

 

 

The m1000e chassis is still currently used, but the blades you are linking are about 6-7 years old, which IMO for computers is pretty old...

 

[miguelr]

21 hours ago, Scheer said:

My bad, I have no idea how I came up with it only having 6 blades haha.

 

 

The m1000e chassis is still currently used, but the blades you are linking are about 6-7 years old, which IMO for computers is pretty old...

 

well im only linking the M610 chassis, which is what we use at work as well.