Random Hardware specs...


Just a collection of hardware comparisons, that I spent a bunch of time looking up at some point in time....maybe someone else will benefit. 

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HP SmartArray RAID Cards: The P430, P830, P440 and P840 all use the same uncommon double-wide SFF-8087 8 lane connector.  p430 and p440 are the same base controller, p430 was released mid-gen and supports traditional supercap backed flash whereas the p440 cache plugs into the motherboard which has a system central battery backup of a pair of 18650s.

HP SmartArray P440
-one internal x8 wide mini-SAS port SFF-8654 8I
-the battery for the cache is plugged into the motherboard, and the cache module is plugged into the the motherboard.  The battery is not plugged into the cache module like in prior models
-without a battery plugged in, during post one is not able to access the menuing system
-without a cache module, during post one is not able to access the menuing system

HP SmartArray P430
-one internal x8 wide mini-SAS port 
-12 Gb/s 6Gb/s SATA
-DDR3 1600mhz

HP SmartArray P420
-6 Gb/s SAS & SATA
-2 internal x4 wide port connectors
-DDR3 1333mhz

HP SmartArray P410
        -3 Gb/s SAS, 1.5 Gbp/s SATA
        -2 internal (Mini-SAS) x8 wide port connectors
        -DDR2 800mhz

HP SmartArray P430 & P420 share the same cache module; DDR3

Dell Perc H200 (LSI 9211)
-6Gb/s

Dell Perc H310(LSI 9211)LSI SAS 2008 (B2) 
-6Gb/s

IBM M1015 (LSI 9211-8i)

IBM H1110 (LSI 9211) LSI SAS2004
-single port

Dell Perc H330 (LSI 9300  SAS3008)
        -12gbps SAS, 6gbps SATA, 4kn
        

Dell H710 (LSI 9207-8i)

HP LSI 9217-4i4e 8-Port SAS 6Gb/s



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AMD EPYC 7002 "Rome" socket SP3
7542    2.9/3.4ghz  32core  128mb  225w  CPUMark: ????? ~$550
7532    2.4/3.3ghz  32core  256mb  200w  CPUMark: 53051 ~$530
7502    2.5/3.3ghz  32core  128mb  180w  CPUMark: 50298 ~$300
7502p   2.5/3.5ghz  32core  128mb  180w 
7452    2.3/3.6ghz  32core  128mb  155w  CPUMark: 47951 ~$300
7F72    3.2/3.7ghz  24core  192mb  240w  CPUMark: 52110 ~$500
7402    2.8/3.3ghz  24core  128mb  180w  CPUMark: 46028 ~$300
7402p   2.8/3.3ghz  24core  128mb  180w   
7352    2.3/3.3ghz  24core  128mb  155w  CPUMark: 40096  ~$300 
7F52    3.2/3.7ghz  16core  256mb  240w  CPUMark: 39923  ~$300
7302    3.0/3.3ghz  16core  128mb  155w  CPUMark: 33002  ~$200
7302p   3.0/3.3ghz  16core  128mb  155w
7282    2.8/3.3ghz  16core   64mb  120w  CPUMark: 29846  

AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" socket SP3
7573x   2.8/3.6ghz  32core  768mb  280w
75F3    2.8/3.6ghz  32core  256mb  280w  CPUMark: 68505
7543p   2.8/3.7ghz  32core  256mb  225w  CPUMark: 
7513    2.6/3.6ghz  32core  128mb  200w  CPUMark: 59285
7473x   2.8/3.7ghz  24core  768mb  240w  CPUMark: 59280
7453    2.7/3.4ghz  28core   64mb  225w  CPUMark: 50575
74F3    3.4/4.0ghz  24core  256mb  240w  CPUMark: 60666
7443    2.8/4.0ghz  24core  128mb  200w  CPUMark: 57193
7413    2.6/3.6ghz  24core  128mb  180w  CPUMark: 50223
7373x   3.0/3.8ghz  16core  768mb  240w  CPUMark: 
73F3    3.5/4.0ghz  16core  256mb  240w  CPUMark: 46103
7343    3.2/3.4ghz  16core  128mb  190w  CPUMark: 44189
7313    3.0/3.7ghz  16core  128mb  155w  CPUMark: 42032 ~$600
7303    2.4/3.4ghz  16core   64mb  130w

LGA3647
4109t  2/3ghz      8core  11mb    70w    CPUMark: 10348
4110   2.1/3ghz    8core  11mb    85w    CPUMark: 10131   2400mhz
4112   2.6/3ghz    4core  08.25mb 85w    CPUMark: 6446?
4114   2.2/3ghz   10core  13.75mb 85w    CPUMark: 13082
4116t  2.1/3ghz   12core  16.5mb  85w    CPUMark: 15187
4116   2.1/3ghz   12core  16.5mb  85w    CPUMark: 15065
5115   2.4/3.2ghz 10core  13.75mb 85w    CPUMark: 14649  

4208   2.1/3.2ghz   8core  11mb    85w   CPUMark: 11384
4209t  2.2/3.2ghz   8core  11mb    70w   CPUMark: 11080 
4210   2.2/3.2ghz  10core  13.75mb 85w   CPUMark: 13340  2400mhz
4214y  2.2/3.3ghz  12core  16.5mb  85w   CPUMark: 16190
4215   2.5/3.5ghz   8core  11mb    85w   CPUMark: 14439
5215   2.5/3.5ghz  10core  13.75mb 85w   CPUMark: 15624

LGA2011
E5-2603v4  1.7ghz      15mb   6core  85w CPUMark: 4695
E5-2608Lv4 1.7ghz      15mb   6core  50w      
E5-2609v4  1.7ghz      20mb   8core  85w
E5-2640v4  2.4/3.4ghz  25mb  10core  90w  CPUMark: 12398
E5-2650v4  2.2/2.9ghz  30mb  12core 105w  CPUMark: 13776  $7
E5-2660v4  2.0/3.2ghz  35mb  14core 105w  CPUMark: 16070 $12
E5-2680v4  2.4/3.3ghz  35mb  14core 120w  CPUMark: 17951 $14
E5-2683v4  2.1/3.0ghz  40mb  16core 120w  CPUMark: 17744 $25
E5-2690v4  2.6/3.5ghz  35mb  14core 135w  CPUMark: 19620 $22
E5-2695v4  2.1/3.3ghz  45mb  18core 120w  CPUMark: 19574 $40

E5-2695v3  2.3/3.3ghz  35mb  14core 120w  CPUMark: 16566
E5-2660v3  2.6/3.3ghz  25mb  10core 105w  CPUMark: 13219
E5-2630v3  2.4/3.2ghz  20mb   8core  85w  CPUMark: 10426
E5-2603v3  1.6ghz      15mb   6core  85w  CPUMark: 3817

E5-2418Lv2  2.0/2.0ghz  15mb   6core  50w
E5-2430Lv2  2.4/2.8ghz  15mb   6core  60w
E5-2450Lv2  1.7/2.1ghz  25mb  10core  60w
E5-2650Lv2 1.7/2.1ghz 25mb  10core  70w    CPUMark:7475
E5-2640v2   2.0/2.5ghz  20mb   8core  95w    CPUMark:7785
E5-2630Lv2 2.4/2.8ghz 15mb   6core  60w    CPUMark: 6701
E5-2628Lv2 1.9/2.4ghz 20mb   8core  70w    CPUMark 7181
E5-2648Lv2 1.9/2.5ghz 25mb  10core  70w    CPUMark: 8828

E5-2430v0   2.2/2.7ghz  15mb  6core  95w
E5-2620v0 2.0/2.5ghz 15mb  6core  95w    CPUMark:5290
E5-2630Lv0  2.0ghz      15mb  6core  60w
E5-2640v0   2.5/3.0ghz  15mb  6core  95w    CPUMark:6318
E5-2650Lv0  1.8ghz      20mb  8core  70w
E5-2660v0 2.2/3.0ghz 20mb  8core 95w    CPUMark 8104

L5420  2.5ghz 12mb  4core   50w    cpumark:3502
L5520  2.26ghz   8mb  4core   60w    cpumark:4377
L5530 2.4ghz    8mb  4core   60w    cpumark:4351
L5630 2.13ghz  12mb  4core 40w    cpumark:4420*

LGA1150
E3-1220Lv3    1.5ghz  4mb  2core   15w   CPUMark 2070 NO-GPU  $32
E3-1230Lv3 2.8ghz 8mb  4core   25w   NO-GPU  $60
E3-1240Lv3 3.0ghz 8mb  4core   25w cpu mark:7486  NO-GPU $70
E3-1265Lv3 3.7ghz 8mb  4core   45w  $50
E3-1268Lv3 3.3ghz 8mb  4core   45w  $45
E3-1275Lv3 3.9ghz 8mb  4core   45w  cpu mark 8901  $75   
E3-1286Lv3 4.0ghz 8mb  4core   65w  $150
E3-1285Lv3 3.9ghz 8mb  4core   65w  $130
i3-4160       3.6ghz  3mb  2core   54w  CPUMark: 3500  $15
i3-4160t      3.1ghz  3mb  2core   35w  CPUMark 3130
i3-4150t      3.0ghz  3mb  2core   35w  CPUMark: 2867    
i3-4330t      3.0ghz  4mb  2core   35w  CPUMark 3098  $15  
Celeron 1037u 1.8ghz  2mb  17w  CPUMark: 1737 
Celeron 1007u 1.5ghz  2mb  17w  CPUMark: 1379 
Atom D2700    2.1ghz 1mb   10w  CPUMark: 841
Celeron 847   1.1ghz 2mb   17w  CPUMark: 985 

LGA1151
P G4400  3.3ghz  3mb  2core/2thread  54w  HD 510 CPUMark  2593
i3-6100  3.7ghz  3mb  2core/4thread  51w  HD 530 CPUMark 4173  $35
i3-6100t 3.2ghz  3mb  2core/2thread  35w  HD 530 CPUMark 3630  $30
i3-6300t  3.3ghz 4mb  2core/2thread  35w  HD 530 CPUMark 4040  $50
E3-1225v5 3.7ghz 8mb  4core/4thread  80w  HD 530 CPUMark 5917  $37
E3-1240lv5 3.2ghz  8mb  4core/8thread  25w  NoGPU CPUMark 6446 $60
E3-1260lv5 3.9ghz  8mb  4core/8thread  45w  NoGPU CPUMark 8226 $80

LGA1155
i5-2500t     45w  4core/4threads 2.3/3.3ghz 6mb HD2000 CPUMark 4608
i5-2390t     35w  2core/4threads 2.7/3.5ghz 3mb HD2000 CPUMark 4262 
i3-2120      65w  2core/4threads 3.3ghz 3mb HD2000 CPUMark 4064
i3-2130      65w  2core/4threads 3.4ghz 3mb HD2000 CPUMark 3926
i3-2120t     35w  2core/4threads 2.6ghz 3mb HD2000 CPUMark 3160
P g2020     55w  2core/2threads 2.9ghz 3mb HD CPUMark 2759

LGA1156
i3-550 73w 2core 4threads 3.3ghz 4mb cache HD CPUMark 2829  

Core2Duo
e8400     65w     2 core 3.2ghz     CPUMark 2281

AMD Phenom II X4 P940 1.7ghz     35w    4core     cpu mark:1820

Momentus XT (SATA drives with SSD cache)
ST1000LM014 1TB 64MB/8gb 5400rpm
STBD750100         750gb 32mb/8gb        7200rpm
ST500LM000         500gb 64mb/8gb     5400rpm




DDR3 speeds
Friendly name Industry name Peak Transfer Rate
DDR3-800 PC3-6400 6400 MB/s
DDR3-1066 PC3-8500 8533 MB/s
DDR3-1333 PC3-10600 10667 MB/s
DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 12800 MB/s




NVMe SSD's get FASTER

 Most of you know SSD's are way faster than spinning, traditional hard drives, as there is no moving parts, just memory chips.  Many of you are aware that NVMe is way faster than SSD's, as the SATA controller is bypassed and the I/O happens right on the PCI-e bus.  Now there is a newer generation of NVMe hard drives, and they have roughly double the speed of first generation NVMe drives.  This new speed is all thanks to the newer PCIe 3.0 x4 interface and NVMe 1.3 protocol.

HP EX950

Micron 2300

Toshiba KXG60ZNV

M.2 SATA SSD: Western Digital SA530, just to show some speed differential.

Samsun SM953 NVME, just to show more speed differential.

Also I really like cards like pictured below.  This particular one allows the use of both M.2 SATA (also known as NGFF) and NVMe.  To use a M.2 SATA drive one plugs a SATA data cable that would normally be used for a hard or optical drive into the card.   This card can be purchased from Amazon or Microcenter for less than $23 (make note if it comes with a heatsink or not). 

In my case I have an HP server that is old enough where it will not boot to NVMe.  Running a single SSD in a server can be difficult do to the logistics of the hard drive backplane/RAID controller etc.  Especially if that server is a 1 or 2U machine with a RAID card, and one would much prefer running the SDD by a controller other than the RAID controller.  More than once I have done sketchy things like using velcro to secure a drive where it was never intended.  This card addresses all of those issues.  This is especially imporant for those of us running ESXi v7, where it isn't really supported to have the OS running from an SD card. 

 


Mac Pro "TrashCan"

 Posting mostly because the hardware is interesting.  This MacPro known as late 2013 or 6,1, or as most people refer to it: "The Trashcan".  In this particular case two of them are running VMmware ESXi v6.5 which is supported by VMware and Apple says it is legal to run as many virtual Mac VM's.  Apple claims they only support 32gb of RAM (8gb * 4 slots), but these have 64gb, and others on the internet say it will do 128gb.  The CPU is also upgradeable.  I did sucessfully test DDR3 FB ECC RAM out of an HP Proliant G7. The hard drive is a NVMe,

Showing one of the GPU's

NVMe drive

One bank of ram

The other bank of RAM, "flipped" out for service mode.




SuperMicro Cloud Computing "SuperServer" "MicroCloud"

Need a lot of servers in a really small space?  How does putting 24 servers into 3U's of space?  SuperMicro might have a solution.  This particular one is very long in the tooth, but I figure it is worth the share as many of us didn't know the existance of such a beast.

Each of these 3U chassis hold 12 blades.  Each blade contains two computers (yes two distict computers sharing one circut board).  Each server contains four DDR3 RAM slots, one Intel Xeon E5-26XX CPU, one 2.5" SATA port, two network cards, and a shared IMPI and KVM port.

Motherboard Specs:

https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/X10SLE-DF

The chassis:

https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/system/3U/5038/SYS-5038ML-H24TRF.cfm




100Gbps Ethernet Switch!! :O

 

SuperMicro, yes SuperMicro is in the switching game, and the price is SIGNIGICANTLY cheaper than others.  They are Nvidia Cumulus compatible.  The CLI is very Cisco like, IMHO the support pages and documentation from SM is VERY lacking.  This one is a SSE-C3632SR, thirty-two 100gb ports, plus one 1gbps for management, and one 10gbps.  They can be ordered with air flow in either direction (reverse air flow (the air is sucked in from the rear and blown out the front for mounting it in the rear of a rack)).

The original firmware was released in 01/21 and has had four revisions since, the latest being 12/21.  Interestingly, the 10Gbps didn't show up in the web GUI until after updating the firmware.