Server hardware question

[Fuganater]

Thanks!

 

[Ericloewe]

http://www.intel.com/content/dam/ww...nts/datasheets/xeon-e5-v3-datasheet-vol-1.pdf
http://www.intel.com/content/dam/ww...nts/datasheets/xeon-e5-v3-datasheet-vol-2.pdf

I would hope such a stunning deficiency would be documented in the datasheet, maybe volume 1 around page 50, but I'm not seeing it. I'm also unclear on how you'd get to 768GB without LRDIMM, and the ARK clearly states 768GB. Though we know that's not always 100%.

Also I just checked our manuals for the X10SRW and I don't see anything special-casing the memory on the 1600.

Yeah, I checked the datasheet, too. No mention of any such thing.
So I'm either going crazy or they quietly removed that limitation from all documentation, presumably (hopefully) because it was inaccurate.

 

[Ericloewe]

https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...s-build-incl-plex-mb-a1sa7-2750f.26672/page-2

So, not completely crazy yet...

If they can make such a mess out of something so simple, how the hell is Joe Consumer ever going to have any hope of understanding what he can do with his USB Type C devices?

 

[jgreco]

The Supermicro web site is erroring out with some database error, but it looks like someone else ran up against this.

http://www.vbrain.info/2014/12/31/homelab-part-3-design-process-high-end-design/

That's really weird/stupid/whatever, but I did find:

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x10srw-f.cfm

Under CPU->Note, it does mention no LRDIMM on the E5-16. So, okay, that's correct. Blah. And fsck Intel for their non-transparency; how the hell would you get up to the ARK's suggested 768GB max? Most 64GB RDIMM's are quad or octa rank IIRC (obDisclosure: have not bought any of those! Too expensive!)

But with dual rank 32GB RDIMM modules, you can fill four slots and be at 128GB with 2133 DDR4 speeds, or you can stuff all 8 slots to get 256GB at a slightly reduced 1866 DDR4 speed (due to the additional load from more ranks). That's 256GB of RAM for about $2200! Amazing.

 

[Fuganater]

Thanks all for your support.

Here is the final hardware list that I am about to buy.
Supermicro X10SRL-F
Supermicro 4U Active Heatsink
E5-1620
32GB Crucial ECC DDR4 RAM
M1015 or LSI SAS9211-8i

Supermicro SC-846E16 Chassis (as soon as one gets below $300 on Ebay)

If anything looks wrong, please let me know.

 

[jgreco]

Make sure that's an E5-1620 v3 and that the Crucial RAM is listed by Crucial for that board.

Other than that, looks fine.

 

[Fuganater]

Yep I got the V3 chip. Thanks.

Supermicro doesn't list any Curcial products for the board as tested RAM.

Crucial lists the CT6228570 (2x16GB set) but you can't even buy it. This is what I was going to buy.

 

[Fuganater]

I found another build on here that is using Samsung RAM and it is working great. I think I'll pick a few of those up instead.

 

[Jailer]

Supermicro doesn't list any Curcial products for the board as tested RAM

Crucial = Micron

 

[BigDave]

I'm dreaming here but I'd go with a couple of these...

 

[joeschmuck]

I'm dreaming here but I'd go with a couple of these...

I'd like to dream like that too.

 

[Fuganater]

Crucial = Micron

Oh wow thanks! I'll see if any of those PN match for a better price.

I'm dreaming here but I'd go with a couple of these...

Ya... that would be nice but 64GB of RAM is too rich for my blood right now.