They designate "Xeon dual core," so these are definitely the new Atom based Xeon processors, not the Haswell or IB based Xeons. They look pretty expensive compared to what I can get from Dell.
No, these are proper Sandy-Bridge Xeons. I got the model numbers during the briefing.. Will update the piece shortly.
Btw, the closest I have seen in comparable volume is the HP ProLiant series, but that comes with really weak CPUs.. Not sure Dell has something comparable to this in size..
Still looking for a review on RAID-5 SSD arrays - such as the pros & cons of using new SSDs like the Seagate 600 Pro, whether filling them up to max renders the array unusable, and what type of RAID controller can give you the I/O the array might need.
From the specs those are Xeon E3-1220L v2 (17W) and Xeon E3-1265L v2 (45W) processors which is notebook TDP territory. I'm not at all sure what's so impressive about that. The mentioned Turion Neo N54L in the HP thingy is a 25W CPU BTW.
The Cirrus 1200 from Advatronix is a much better alternative. You can't really do much with 4 HDDs. The Cirrus offers 12 to 18 drives depending on the configuration.
Also what's the max RAM you can get on the WD sentinel ? 8GB ? that's ridiculous. Windows Server 2012 Essentials loves its RAM. I am running mine at 16 GB and it is barely keeping up.
I am planning on getting another Cirrus 1200 for work. How does 32GB RAM, 10GB Ethernet Quad-Core Xeon and Fusion-IO sound ??
No this unit supports 32GB of ECC RAM, Has TPM, Secure boot out of the box, Runs enterprise class drives, redundant NIC's, Redundant PS, Windows 2012e R2, and is much smaller and quiet as well. This also has 4 USB3.0 and 2USB2.0 and all the above is standard. The 1265L V2 is just a low power processor not a Notebook processor.
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dgingeri - Thursday, October 10, 2013 - link
They designate "Xeon dual core," so these are definitely the new Atom based Xeon processors, not the Haswell or IB based Xeons. They look pretty expensive compared to what I can get from Dell.ganeshts - Thursday, October 10, 2013 - link
No, these are proper Sandy-Bridge Xeons. I got the model numbers during the briefing.. Will update the piece shortly.Btw, the closest I have seen in comparable volume is the HP ProLiant series, but that comes with really weak CPUs.. Not sure Dell has something comparable to this in size..
romrunning - Thursday, October 10, 2013 - link
Ganesh,Still looking for a review on RAID-5 SSD arrays - such as the pros & cons of using new SSDs like the Seagate 600 Pro, whether filling them up to max renders the array unusable, and what type of RAID controller can give you the I/O the array might need.
IntelUser2000 - Thursday, October 10, 2013 - link
Actually, there's no "Xeon" based on Atom cores.romrunning - Thursday, October 10, 2013 - link
Can these be expanded in some manner, like a 2nd "expander" unit with another 4-8 drives?jwcalla - Thursday, October 10, 2013 - link
$2500 for 4 TB of storage on the super-reliable NTFS. Ok then.Daniel Egger - Thursday, October 10, 2013 - link
From the specs those are Xeon E3-1220L v2 (17W) and Xeon E3-1265L v2 (45W) processors which is notebook TDP territory. I'm not at all sure what's so impressive about that. The mentioned Turion Neo N54L in the HP thingy is a 25W CPU BTW.bobbozzo - Monday, October 14, 2013 - link
The CPU in the Proliant MicroServer Gen8's can be (user) upgraded to a Xeon. The 1265L V2 is a great candidate, and is a quad core.The HP server, plus adding in more RAM and 4*2TB HDs and the CPU and the Windows license would come out to around $1500 TOTAL.
I don't understand WD's pricing here in light of this fact.
texwiz - Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - link
The Cirrus 1200 from Advatronix is a much better alternative.You can't really do much with 4 HDDs. The Cirrus offers 12 to 18 drives depending on the configuration.
Also what's the max RAM you can get on the WD sentinel ? 8GB ? that's ridiculous. Windows Server 2012 Essentials loves its RAM. I am running mine at 16 GB and it is barely keeping up.
I am planning on getting another Cirrus 1200 for work. How does 32GB RAM, 10GB Ethernet Quad-Core Xeon and Fusion-IO sound ??
WRD - Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - link
No this unit supports 32GB of ECC RAM, Has TPM, Secure boot out of the box, Runs enterprise class drives, redundant NIC's, Redundant PS, Windows 2012e R2, and is much smaller and quiet as well. This also has 4 USB3.0 and 2USB2.0 and all the above is standard. The 1265L V2 is just a low power processor not a Notebook processor.