cmdbash Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 So, our company has tested the water, got our feet wet and we are going to take the plunge and invest deep. I have been messing around with server builds, firewalls, and monitoring software. We have what we feel is a comfortable setup, but my only remaining factor that still has me a bit perplexed is obviously server hardware. We want to host 20-25 servers per box, it will range from CS 1.6, a couple MineCraft Servers, and TF2 servers. So mostly GoldSrc and Source engine games. I was wondering if the specs below that I have are enough to do what I want. PowerEdge R410 Chassis w/ up to 4 Hot-Plug Hard Drives,LCD diagnostics Intel Xeon E5630 2.53Ghz, 12M Cache,Turbo, HT, 1066MHz Max Mem 16GB Memory (2x8GB), 1333MHz Dual Rank LV RDIMMs 1 Processor, Mirrored (Not enough?) Windows Server 2008R2 PERC S300 3Gb/s SAS/SATA Internal Software RAID Adapter, Hot Plug Configuration RAID 10 for PERC S300 Controller, 4HDDs (Too slow?) 4x500GB 7.2K RPM SATA 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive (Too slow, to much?) Power Supply, Non-Redundant, 480W Intel PRO 1000PT 1GbE Single Port NIC, PCIe-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I dont 't reccomend hosting Minecraft with other things, it needs its own server ideally. Minecraft is still in BETA so there are still going to be issues witth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbiloh Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 You're config could be improved, and costs cut. E3 1270 + 2 x 500GB HDD in RAID 1 + 120GB SSD (for Minecraft). That's what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdbash Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 You're config could be improved, and costs cut. E3 1270 + 2 x 500GB HDD in RAID 1 + 120GB SSD (for Minecraft). That's what you want. Should I go with 600GB 10K or will 500GB 7.2K suffice for the HDD's ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Rule of thumb. The faster the HDD speed the better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdbash Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Rule of thumb. The faster the HDD speed the better Excellent, well then I'm looking at two 600GB 10K SAS Drives then at this point on a RAID1 with a Faster controller. Any other thoughts at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeringsole Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I agree with John's recommendation. However the E3-1270's are very costly if you try to go above 16GB of memory. With the E5630, you could go up to 32gb of memory for a few hundred bucks, because you can use Registered memory. However, the E3-1270 requires Unbuffered memory, which can cost as much as $120 per 8gb stick, sometimes more, especially if it will be a Dell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECF Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 cmdbash, I like your website. Nice clean layout, and easy to navigate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdbash Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 I agree with John's recommendation. However the E3-1270's are very costly if you try to go above 16GB of memory. With the E5630, you could go up to 32gb of memory for a few hundred bucks, because you can use Registered memory. However, the E3-1270 requires Unbuffered memory, which can cost as much as $120 per 8gb stick, sometimes more, especially if it will be a Dell. Yeah, I'm just going to stick with the current processor so I can expand RAM later on if I need to for some reason. I'm just going to get fast Hard Drives in a RAID1 and a better Controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdbash Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 cmdbash, I like your website. Nice clean layout, and easy to navigate Thanks! TCAdmin fit right into it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdbash Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 So after the input you guys have given me I have put together a final draft of what I feel we should buy. I don't intend on selling many MineCraft servers, mostly 1-2 personal ones. PowerEdge R410 Chassis w/ up to 4 Hot-Plug Hard Drives,LCD diagnostics Intel Xeon E5620 2.4Ghz, 12M Cache,Turbo, HT, 1066MHz Max Mem 16GB Memory (2x8GB), 1333MHz Dual Rank LV RDIMMs 1 Processor, Advanced ECC Windows Server 2008R2 SAS 6/iR SAS internal RAID adapter for Hot Plug Configuration, PCI-Express RAID 1 for PERC/SAS 6ir, PERC H200/H700 Controllers 2x 600GB 15K RPM SAS 6Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive Power Supply, Non-Redundant, 480W Intel PRO 1000PT 1GbE Single Port NIC, PCIe-1 If you have any further suggestions please let me know, and as always thank you for your suggestions and input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightwatch Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 It sound maybe stupid, but if your purchasing this server. Why are you not using a redundant power supply and only using 1 processor. If the power supply fails your server is offline. If you are using 1 processor a Poweredge R310 is probably cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdbash Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 It sound maybe stupid, but if your purchasing this server. Why are you not using a redundant power supply and only using 1 processor. If the power supply fails your server is offline. If you are using 1 processor a Poweredge R310 is probably cheaper. Strangely enough, the price of a comparable Powered 310 is slightly more for somewhat lesser hardware. It would be mind-blowing if it wasn't Dell. I've never have had a Power supply fail but I will take it into deep consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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