Dell PowerEdge C6100 8x Xeon Quad Core 32GB RAM Node Server



  • @haitch And which operating system would be best to take advantage of all the capabilities?
    If I understood correctly this would be 4 independent servers and you would have to install the system in each of them.
    I also see that it does not have any type of Optical Drive, so I suppose they would support external DVD readers or USB memories to install, or that would be needed to install the operating system


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    @rds yes, the miner is multi threaded, so if the number of drives is equal to, or less than the number of threads the system supports, all drives are read in parallel - pennywise currently has 15 volumes, and 40 threads, so all of them are read at once, I can add another 25 drives before there is any contention for mining processing.

    @Energy - yep 4 individual systems, so 4 OS installations, USB or external DVD to install, any Windows/Linux OS will be fine. If you're thinking of doing external expansion, I'd go with a Windows server edition.



  • @haitch You almost convinced me to invest in it, hahaha



  • I a use a Dell poweredge R410 U1 servers, it has 4x2TB HDD. You can fill it full of HDD's for about $170 USD. I got the servers for a good deal, at work. Im thinking of getting a R710 it support 6 drives. buying a bunch of 2 TB HDDs it's cheaper than buying a 8TB HDD. If anybody needs some R410 servers, I will custom build it for you. And ship the 48 states.


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    @Tate-A What are the specs on the 410's ?



  • @haitch CPU: 2x Xeon X5650, 6 cores @ 2.66GHz, Turbo 3.06GHz. LGA1366
    RAM: 64GB ( 8x8GB 1333MHz )
    Trays: 4x 3.5 Trays
    PSU: 480Watts
    Dell iDRAC6 Enterprise Remote Access
    RAID Controller: PERC 6ir RAID

    This card supports 2 TB per bay, with this card installed you can support up to 8 TB total. There different RAID for this like the H700, I know this support bigger HDDs but not sure of the max size of the H700. This server has 4 bays. Or you could be a ninja, and make up someway to plug the HDDs in to the 5x SATA port, it supports UEFI.

    For a server like that, it would cost about: $400 Plus shipping.

    I have a server configured like that above, I use for KVM. Its a pfSense router, Ubuntu server, Ubuntu Desktop, few different types of Linux, and Win 7 Desktop. All in one. I just wish I could figure out how to install macOS.



  • @haitch I need your advice. I am thinking of buying these servers to dedicate them alone to mine (read the whole message)

    Processor (CPU) 2 x Intel Xeon E5506 Quad Core 2.13GHz
    Memory (RAM) 72GB DDR3 RAM
    RAID Adaptec RAID 51245
    Hard Disk Configuration 12 x 3.5" SATA Drive Bays
    Hard Disk Drive Not Installed
    Graphics Integrated VGA
    Optical Drive N/A
    Network Ports 2 x Integrated Gigabit NICS, 1 x Dedicated Management Port
    Power 1x 600W 80 Plus Fixed PSU
    Expansion Slots 2
    Interface Ports 4 x USB 2.0
    4x Gigabit Ethernet (RJ45)
    1x Serial (RS232)
    1x VGA
    Bezel N/A

    But I'm thinking of buying the Dell PowerEdge C6100 8x or this other one just to create the plots, what would you do ??

    Processor (CPU) 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2670 Eight Core 2.60GHz
    Memory (RAM) 128GB DDR3 RAM6
    Hard Disk Controller Intel Corporation Patsburg 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller
    Hard Disk Configuration 4 x 3.5" SATA Drive Bays
    Hard Disk Drive Not Installed
    Graphics Integrated VGA
    Optical Drive N/A
    Network Ports 1 x Integrated SFP+ 10GB Ports, 1 x Network Management Port
    Power 1x 500W Gold Rated PSU
    Interface Ports 2 x USB 2.0
    1x SFP+ 10GB
    1x Ethernet
    1x Serial (RS232)
    1x VGA
    Rails Fixed Rails Included


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    @Energy For Burst I'd get the first server. Good CPU, plenty of RAM, multiple drives. The C6100 is an interesting beast - it's a blade server, from memory it's 16 Blades - each one an independent dual processor server - but only 2 * 2.5" drives per blade. You could build a mega farm on it, but it would require in depth server and storage controller management knowledge.



  • @haitch If but to create plots it would not be faster 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2670 Eight Core 2.60GHz ?
    I know that with the dell I can create 4 disks at a time, but individually Would not it be faster?

    I am not an expert in this type of equipment and I think I would handle better with individual servers, I do not know that I would need to expand the dell, nor if my knowledge would be enough


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    @Energy The C6100 might be a faster plotter, but the storage would be external, you'd have to verify that the iscsi/fc was compatible between the C6100 and the system you intend to use to mine. The other server is a full self contained plotter/miner. Use the self contained one. I've been offered a C6100, I'm trying to figure out what I'm could to do with it. It's a huge unit - 10U - 18", multiple independent servers. It would make for an awesome replacement for my current cluster, but at 10U + 2U for storage, it'd be $600/month in colo costs, so that's not happening. Unless you really know servers, the C6100 is not something you want to mess with.



  • @haitch said in Dell PowerEdge C6100 8x Xeon Quad Core 32GB RAM Node Server:

    Unless you really know servers, the C6100 is not something you want to mess with.

    That's what scares me, I do not know anything about this kind of servers.
    I think I'm going to decide to buy the 2 x Intel Xeon E5506 Quad Core 2.13GHz, which go for about 220 dollars, for mining, and buy the dell to create the plots, I would use 3 to create the plots and the fourth would use it to create a server for my webs



  • @haitch Sorry for the can again, it is possible that these servers do not support 8TB disks or should support them without problem??


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    @Energy the C6100 should support 8TB drives, I'd need the model number/controller model to comment on the other server.



  • @haitch Of the octa core this is what is
    These servers are particularly unique. They are two-socket Intel foxconn servers Xeon E5-2600 and 16 slots for DIMMS that make the perfect E5-2600 engine at a bargain price. 39 servers below can supply in rack cabinets £9.170 ex VAT each equipped with 16 cores and up to 64 GB ECC DDR3 of RAM each. These servers are designed without a lid for easy maintenance, use the server above them in the rack as your effective top Cabinet. These servers are designed without a lid for easy maintenance, use the server above them in the rack as your effective top Cabinet. Rails for these servers are of medium length and does not fit in a standard rack cabinet, keep in mind.

    And on the other I have less data yet
    Chenbro Cloud Server 2x Intel Xeon Quad Core E5506 2.13GHz 72GB RAM Rackable 2U

    I'm looking at this too
    IBM QUAD CORE XEON SERVER 3GHZ 8GB ECC RAM SAS XYRATEX HS1235E-23H1-12TB-0IBM


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