New Xeon E5-2600 v3 Servers (HP / Dell etc)

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I know the ProLiant Gen 9 are due for launch this month (17th September was an event I got invited to).

IT Pro have a review of the PowerEdge T630 here.

QPI speeds have been boosted to 9.6GT/sec and the new server CPU family comprises 19 members. The HCC (high core count) group tops out with the mighty 18-core 2.3GHz E5-2699 v3 which has a 45MB L3 cache and supports 2,133MHz DDR4 memory.

Between the Advanced, Standard and Basic groups you have choices from 6 to 12 cores and various options for 1,600MHz to 2,133MHz DDR4 support along with 6.4GT/sec up to 9.6GT/sec QPI speeds.

The T630 on review came with a pair of 14-core 2.3GHz E5-2695 v3 Xeons delivering a remarkable 56 logical cores. The price we’ve shown initially seems high but these top end CPUs each cost £2,785.
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56 logical cores in a tower server :D

One of the best bits to me is this:

Support staff will like the faster boot times with Dell claiming this can be as low as one minute. Memory capacities will affect this and we timed our server at 86 seconds to reach Windows Server 2012 R2 boot-up and 112 seconds in total to reach the login screen.
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One thing that becomes boring when building new servers is how long a Gen8 ProLiant takes to POST. Nod off whilst waiting and you know you'll miss the option to smack F9/F11 for the boot menu or Intelligent Provisioning :rolleyes:
 
I spotted something the other day saying the Gen9 ProLiants finally get a UEFI BIOS. I got caught out by a G8 recently when I wanted a single 8x2TB (RAID6) array on a DL380e. As the G8s are classic BIOS, so no GPT boot support.
 
I like Intelligent Provisioning for getting firmware updates done before the OS. Some of the Smart Array controllers included RAID6 support as standard on a later firmware (was a licensed cost option), so upgrading before creating the array saves messing later.

I hadn't thought of that going down that route Ringiho. I ended up ditching two 2TB drives in favour of a boot mirror with 450GB 10ks.
 
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Gen9 ProLiants have appeared in QuickSpecs.

The DL180 returns to replace the DL380e. The DL380 G9 has the option of 2 x SFF rear or 3 x LFF rear. LFFs mean losing PCIe slots 4 to 6.
 
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