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

From CloudNinjas

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LGA3647

4109t   2/3ghz       8core     11mb       70w    CPUMark: 10348

4110    2.1/3ghz    8core     11mb       85w    CPUMark: 10131   2400mhz

4112    2.6/3ghz    4core      8.25mb   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

E5-2603 v4    1.7ghz        15mb    6core     85w      CPUMark: 4695

E5-2608L v4   1.7ghz        15mb    6core     50w      

E5-2609 v4    1.7ghz        20mb    8core     85w

E5-2640 v4    2.4/3.4ghz    25mb    10core    90w     CPUMark: 12398

E5-2650 v4    2.2/2.9ghz    30mb    12core    105w    CPUMark: 13776  $7

E5-2660 v4    2.0/3.2ghz    35mb    14core    105w    CPUMark: 16070 $12

E5-2680 v4    2.4/3.3ghz    35mb    14core    120w    CPUMark: 17951 $14

E5-2683 v4    2.1/3.0ghz    40mb    16core    120w    CPUMark: 17744 $25

E5-2690 v4    2.6/3.5ghz    35mb    14core    135w    CPUMark: 19620 $22

E5-2695 v4    2.1/3.3ghz    45mb    18core    120w    CPUMark: 19574 $40

E5-2695 v3    2.3/3.3ghz    35mb    14core   120w    CPUMark: 16566

E5-2660 v3    2.6/3.3ghz    25mb    10core   105w    CPUMark: 13219

E5-2630 v3    2.4/3.2ghz    20mb     8core     85w     CPUMark: 10426

E5-2603 v3    1.6ghz         15mb      6core     85w     CPUMark: 3817

E5-2418L v2   2.0/2.0ghz    15mb    6core    50w

E5-2430L v2    2.4/2.8ghz  15mb    6core     60w

E5-2450L v2    1.7/2.1ghz  25mb    10core   60w

E5-2650L v2 1.7/2.1ghz 25mb    10core   70w    CPUMark:7475

E5-2640 v2      2.0/2.5ghz  20mb    8core    95w    CPUMark:7785

E5-2630L v2 2.4/2.8ghz 15mb    6core     60w    CPUMark: 6701

E5-2628L v2 1.9/2.4ghz 20mb    8core    70w    CPUMark 7181

E5-2648L v2 1.9/2.5ghz 25mb    10core  70w    CPUMark: 8828

E5-2430 v0    2.2/2.7ghz        15mb    6core    95w

E5-2620 v0 2.0/2.5ghz 15mb    6core 95w    CPUMark:5290

E5-2630L v0   2.0ghz             15mb    6core    60w

E5-2640 v0     2.5/3.0ghz       15mb    6core    95w    CPUMark:6318

E5-2650L v0   1.8ghz             20mb    8core    70w

E5-2660 v0 2.2/3.0ghz 20mb    8core 95w    CPUMark 8104

L5420 2.5ghz  12mb   4core   50w        cpu mark:3502

L5520 2.26ghz 8mb     4core   60w        cpu mark:4377

L5530 2.4ghz      8mb    4core 60w        cpu mark:4351

L5630 2.13ghz    12mb  4core 40w        cpu mark:4420*

LGA1150

E3-1220L v3   1.5ghz  4mb  2core   15w   cpu mark 2070 NO-GPU  $32

E3-1230L v3 2.8ghz 8mb  4core   25w   NO-GPU  $60

E3-1240L v3 3.0ghz 8mb  4core   25w cpu mark:7486  NO-GPU $70

E3-1265L v3 3.7ghz 8mb  4core   45w  $50

E3-1268L v3 3.3ghz 8mb  4core   45w  $45

E3-1275L v3 3.9ghz 8mb  4core   45w  cpu mark 8901  $75   

E3-1286L v3 4.0ghz 8mb  4core   65w  $150

E3-1285L v3 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 cache,   17w  cpu mark: 1737 

Celeron 1007u 1.5ghz, 2mb cache,   17w   cpu mark: 1379 

Atom D2700 2.1ghz 1mb cache,       10      cpu mark: 841

Celeron 847 1.1ghz 2mb cache,        17       cpu mark: 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

E3-1225 v5  3.7ghz  8mb  4core/4thread  80w  HDp530 CPUMark 5917  $37

E3-1240l v5 3.2ghz  8mb  4core/8thread  25w  NoGPU CPUMark 6173 $60

E3-1260l v5 3.9ghz  8mb  4core/8thread  45w  NoGPU CPUMark 7934 $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

https://www.servethehome.com/current-lsi-hba-controller-features-compared/

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.