Xeon D, Broadwell for cloud and web

[imported_ats]

This sounds like a really great NAS / home server / transcoding server chip.

Now if regular PC motherboards would just start bundling 10GbE NICs onboard. We've had Gigabit for what, like almost 10 years now, with no obvious improvement?

And what are you going to connect that 10 Gbe NIC to? a $2k switch...

 

[AtenRa]

Even if the NAS and the switch has 10Gbe NICs, your PC/Laptop/Tablet/Phone doesnt.

 

[ShintaiDK]

And what are you going to connect that 10 Gbe NIC to? a $2k switch...

Your 2Gbit internet. :awe:

http://www.techspot.com/news/52275-worlds-fastest-internet-arrives-in-tokyo-2gbps-for-50-mo.html

 

[Dave2150]

Even if the NAS and the switch has 10Gbe NICs, your PC/Laptop/Tablet/Phone doesnt.

Some X99 boards have 10gbit already.

 

[imported_ats]

Even if the NAS and the switch has 10Gbe NICs, your PC/Laptop/Tablet/Phone doesnt.

Getting 10GbE for a PC isn't that hard or expensive. You can actually pick up high performance used 10GbE cards for <$30 on ebay. The issue is still the switches. I know a guy who is running 4 dual 10GbE cards in his NAS to all his other boxes, cause it was so much cheaper than getting a switch.

 

[RU482]

How is wall socket power usage?

Is this a true 45W or is it "45W"?

Running Windows 8.1 enterprise, with 4x16GB DIMMS, a 2.5" 120GB Micron M500 and a M.2 32GB Sandisk SSD. Ethernet cable plugged in to 1GB port, not exercising the port.

I utilized the 4pin header (not an ATX supply)...the system would not boot on anything below 15VDC (literature states 12VDC power option)...hmmm, boo).

So, at the desktop, no applications running:
15.08V @ 1.63A = 24.58W

Running Prime95 on all 16 threads:
14.77V @ 5.05A = 74.59W

Keep in mind, this is the power consumption of everything...mainboard, memory, SSDs, fans. Not too shabby for the kind of performance this system has.

I'll scale back the memory a bit, and see how much the power consumption changes.

 

[Enigmoid]

Running Windows 8.1 enterprise, with 4x16GB DIMMS, a 2.5" 120GB Micron M500 and a M.2 32GB Sandisk SSD. Ethernet cable plugged in to 1GB port, not exercising the port.

I utilized the 4pin header (not an ATX supply)...the system would not boot on anything below 15VDC (literature states 12VDC power option)...hmmm, boo).

So, at the desktop, no applications running:
15.08V @ 1.63A = 24.58W

Running Prime95 on all 16 threads:
14.77V @ 5.05A = 74.59W

Keep in mind, this is the power consumption of everything...mainboard, memory, SSDs, fans. Not too shabby for the kind of performance this system has.

I'll scale back the memory a bit, and see how much the power consumption changes.

Pretty nice.

How are clockspeeds? Trying to get an idea of frequency improvements or regressions.

 

[RU482]

guess I didn't pay much attention. Nominal 2.0Ghz, Turbo 2.6Ghz. didnt have anything monitoring how far it throttles down at idle.

http://ark.intel.com/products/87039/Intel-Xeon-Processor-D-1540-12M-Cache-2_00-GHz

removing two of the 16GB dimms resulted in about a 0.5A reduction in current draw

 

[jpiniero]

Are you using a dGPU?

 

[RU482]

Are you using a dGPU?

the Supermicro X10SDV has an Aspeed AST2400 IPMI chip that provides a vga port

 

[swilli89]

Nice numbers ru482

 

[RU482]

What OS are you running? The NICs should be supported by the general x540ish drivers if other websites are correct.

negatory. I went to intel downloadcenter, downloaded the x540-T2 driver (actually, I think it is a comprehensive driver for all intel NICs) and nothing. No response from Supermicro.

 

[imported_ats]

negatory. I went to intel downloadcenter, downloaded the x540-T2 driver (actually, I think it is a comprehensive driver for all intel NICs) and nothing. No response from Supermicro.

weird, I know that servethehome got it to work with at least windows server iirc.

 

[jumpncrash]

cool, I'm looking forward to getting ahold of these

 

[Abwx]

Nice numbers ru482

How do you know if they are nice or not..?.

 

[MongGrel]

Just looking.

Nice.

Wonder what else might pop up...

 

[RU482]

Was able to get 10G LAN drivers from supermicro. Works like a charm at 1G, will try plugging in to a 10G Brocade switch and perform some torture testing.

Supermicro was also nice enough to acknowledge the 12V issue, and send gerber file captures to show me which components to change. top notch support once you get the right channel!

 

[Phynaz]

Keep an eye out for these in HP Moonshot. These servers are going to be super dense.