Hello everyone,

I am looking for a new home server to replace my existing hp proliant microserver gen8.

Requirements:

  1. Reduce power consumption. It currently runs at around 60 watts at idle, I would like to reduce that.

  2. Enough performance for various docker containers

  3. Enough power for 4k HDR video transcoding for a jellyfin container, whether graphics unit in the CPU or an additional graphics card doesn’t matter

  4. At least 4 SATA ports and space for 2 m.2 SSDs

  5. 16GB of RAM is a minimum

It doesn’t have to be a ready-made solution, I have no problem putting everything together myself.

Edit: Budget is ~500€

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Thanks for pointing out the ports, I’ll see which ones can be deactivated. I’ve been reading up on c states lately.I just suspect that my configuration leaves little room for maneuver.The microserver is currently running proxmox with openmediavault and a vial pihole on lxc. I would swap the vial pihole for a raspberry and only use OMV.

    • @filisterEnglish
      -1•1 year ago

      Keep in mind that RPI is good for containers, but not for virtualisation, so if you want to run some VMs or have proper expandability I would advise you against RPI.

      Plus disabling the ports won’t make a big difference I presume, a couple of Watts at best.

      I recently bought an N100 powered firewall appliance and the idle consumption is around 13 Watts, with two SSDs and 32Gb of RAM, a bunch of USB and video ports and 4x2.5Gbps ports all switched on. People are even reporting that this can be pushed down to 7-8W, comparable to what you would get with RPI.

      The i3-N305 has 8 physical cores and TDP of 15Watts, which can easily be reduced to around 9-10.

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Sorry, there was a typo. OMV I would also run the new server and pihole on a raspberry. OMV without the detour via proxmox