Would this be good for a Plex server? (alien.top)

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Dell Poweredge server T410, 32GB ram, Intel Xeon E5645 2.13GHz Quad-core No HDD SAS

Going for 50 AUD (32 USD)

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[-] msanangelo@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Too old and power hungry at this point. Plus the raid controllers of that generation only support up to 2tb.

Aim for at least a T320 or R320.

[-] thebobsta@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I use my R320 as a Plex server and it's pretty good. Not as power efficient as something newer, but I got it for free, it has lots of RAM so I can run many VMs as well as Plex, and it supports SAS which made getting several inexpensive 8TB drives going in ZFS nice and easy.

[-] subrosians@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I just want to make a small correction for others reading this. The Tx10/Rx10 CAN have a raid controller that doesn't support larger than 2tb drives, specifically any of the PERC 6 lines. If your Tx10/Rx10 has a PERC H200/H700, you don't have that 2tb limitation.

Edit: But yes, too old to be worthwhile for anything.

[-] littlestdickus@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I believe you still are limited to 512k sector size though.

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