I bought a HP DL380P Gen 8 with 12 LFF of BH with your promo code back in April and it works like a dream. Then this month I bought the HP 530FLR-SFP (10Gb nic) and that was only £14. Mine draws about 175w of juice idling, I use mine for Unriad and I put a Quadro P2200 for Plex. It's a great machine. As it summer you can hear the fans ramping up. Just want to say thank you Morten for all your videos and promo code. Keep up the awesome videos.
@@71Kailee I will give that a shot over the next couple of days or even maybe tonight. I was worried I might brick the ilo. Unfortunately I have got my server in my loft (atic) I the UK and I need to think of a better solution for colling it down. It was quite all the way up to this week with the heatwave we are having over here right now.
24:58 as mentioned on the DL560 video, the pinout is different so it won't work in a regular PCIe slot. But there are adapters available on eBay that converts it from LOM to regular PCIe, and it will work in a regular PC with that adapter. I would know, I have a 40gbps LOM card in my PC right now :)
Hi Morten, Really good review and comparison of both servers of similar age, even though you had done the DL380 before.......it was good to see a fairly straight forward view of each of them. As you mentioned this is also considering how alike they are in many ways. I have both of these servers (although not operating ATM) and I'm glad I was able to grab them when I did.
I have this server and it's the favorite of all my servers. So versatile in terms of expandability and very reasonably priced. It's also modern enough to be reasonably power efficient and have a good ILO. And with the LOM port you can put in Gen9/Gen10 cards (40gbps+) which is much cheaper than regular PCIe :D
I got 3 HP DL380p G8 servers barebone for $75 dollars each (they came with 4GB of RAM and e5-2630 v1 CPUs). It was a steal at the time I got them. All 3 are serving as ESXi 7.0 U2 hosts in my home lab.
May I ask are you running Vcenter? Also what Kind of issues you had with them running ESXI 7.0 U2 I have the same server Could you list your firmware list of the system I had a lot of issues until I installed the intelligence provisioning then the server started to act normal and the iLO sees the ESXI services and so on
Still using my DL360 G7 with two X5670 and 128gb of RAM as my main 24/7 server, hosts 7 VM's and has not missed a beat in 3 years, I think its been powered off twice and that was due to power outage... when idle uses 120w when on full load maybe 450w... Great video as always Morten 👏👏👏👏😎😎
My experience with the disfunctional ilo from Bargain hardware is, that there is only the flash dead (in read only mode) Ilo has a warning, but it still works fine
The iLo problem was a known issue with these gen8 servers and iLo firmware below 1.60 (If I recall correctly). Due to an error in the firmware the flash was continuously written to and destroying it over time. If the firmware was upgraded in time, this would prevent it, but otherwise HPE replaced the motherboard if you had extended warranty. This was done for several servers we ran at the time. This surely is an issue to be aware off when you buy one of these servers and care about the iLo.
Worth noting that there was also a security issue, so it's imperative to update iLO to the latest version. Search for "You Can Bypass Authentication on HPE iLO4 Servers With 29 "A" Characters".
My DL380p (mfd 2012 AFAIK) came with the service tool. It was missing by the time I acquired it but the holder is still there. Maybe they removed that feature later on to save cost. I know with later versions they changed the heatsinks from the nice clamp to boring screws.
Hi Morten. That power connector on the pcie riser is a very standard one... Just not used much PC's. It's a "Molex Mini-Fit JR" 10-pin. It's very easy to build your own adapters and cables with that system if you have a crimp tool. I actually use them to power little 12V 40mm fans that I've put on the chipset, RAID controller and my pcie HBA. Not strictly necessary but lowers the temps another 10-20 degrees, which in summer is very handy to keep the fan noise down.
I just got one of these just over a week ago, from bargain hardware!! I got the one with the damaged iLo and 25 drive bays No dvd drive either, and 10gb sfp+ Currently using it with bare metal windows 10 dual booted with esxi as well, making a video series about using as a remote Adobe suite render server/video editing machine via parsec, so naturally I was extremely pleased when I saw this review come up ony feed! Great video
Hello, Is there any way to attach a small M2 SATA SSD internally in order to boot from? I dont want to use USB Stick or SD Card for boot, I need an SSD and I dont know if I can attach it somewhere else except the front storage bay.
I am selling there : www.myplayhouse.dk/shop/en/storage-controller/164-m2-nvme-adapter-pci-express-x16-x8-x4-expansion-card.html In my little shop,, and that can boot on newer servers,, but this is NVMe
Sweet! I got these and like them a lot but having issues finding good role for them as they are. Looking for Gen9 soon. Keep doing what you do.. Question? Have you seen my IT videos?
I bought the exact model and was able to fit 12 bay 3.5 LFF drive cage from DL380e (not p) to this chassis after transplant cables in the drive cage and sourcing a DL380e to drive cage power cable. After that everything works prefect, the top panel doesn't close properly because it could not match the DL380e drive cage. After some Dremel work on the top panel, it will fit.
Hi Morten, thanks for doing these HP Videos. I'm watching this on my HP 380-G7. And I have been wondering what the difference is, to the other HP's of this time... Don
I have DL380p's with both style rails, the ones where you mount the inner rails to the server before installation into the rack, are called "friction rails", and the other where you have to guide the server into the rails, after they have been installed in the rack, are called "telescoping rails". I prefer the friction rails, it is so much easier to rack servers with those. Also: DL380p = Performance Model DL380e = Entry Model They have always had Entry end Performance models, but Gen8 was special in using an entirely different CPU. The DL380 Gen9 also comes in Entry and Performance models, but entry usually just has a single CPU and aluminum heatsink, and 4x "Standard fans", where the performance model comes with dual CPUs, heatsink with heat pipes, 6x "Performance fans"
Normally they use another number for lower end servers,, here they are kind of using the dl380’s long reputation as the best 2U HP server. Yes we are running 28 HP dl380 in our data,,, bla bla and anyone that knows HP will know that 🤗
@@MyPlayHouse dedicated server hosting in The Netherlands 🇳🇱. Small company growing big. We mainly buy secondhand hardware because, it’s cheap and still works great. Only no official support from HP but you don’t need that.
Hi! Did you tried to use HP DL380 G8 with two raid card and with drives backplane on the back? I'm looking for data nodes for our ceph cluster and really corious if that can have first raid in hba mode and second in raid mode to have good boot option.
What you can do is run a coupe of cheap sata ssd's off the internal P420i (but these can't be mounted in the drive bays at the front - just mount them on some PCIe disk brackets), and then connect the backplane up to a PCIe HBA. That's what I do for ESXi - and then do PCIe passthrough of the HBA for VMs (TrueNAS in my case).
I can understand that, a girlfriend I had was always asking me why I ran them all the time considering the power bill was obviously higher. Firstly it is my house and my money, secondly if you're interested in something.....a passion or a hobby it usually costs money. It just is what it is.......if you don't feel you're getting the use out of them then there's no need to turn them on...even if they are old. I have a couple of "really" old servers (2000-2003) that I only turn on about once a month ...really just to keep the capacitors charged....or leave them on standby as long as they only power the input stages and not keep the internal fans running like some servers do. I'll keep them ...more as a history type thing as long as they do actually work.....it's always interesting to compare a Compaq Proliant G1 server to an HPE G8 or G9 or a Dell R610 or 710. :-)
theres two things i dont like, the SAS Ports with the way they sit up from the board and the iLO cant be changed. my Dell Servers that management controller can be replaced which i like my Dell R710 uses the same amount of power as my workstation does with the i7 3770k and a GTX1050.
DL380 looks more expandable than big brother, especially, if more drives are needed. Good comparison video! Now I wonder, is it taking more or less power than IBM x3650 M3.. 🤔
Each is available with different drive bay configurations so I think the expandability is the same for both of them. Each can also take two riser cards.
Hi Morten, I'm looking for some help, if you can give some ideas, I have HP DL380 G7 Server, which I found for 20 USD in the hope that I might be able take it back to life, so I finally have a server to play with :) When I connect power, some lights in the motherboard lights up, But no lights in Front panel. Fan in the power supply is spinning Could it be a faulty motherboard or faulty front panel. by the way I was able to login to ILO & see some stuff & even turn on UID light through the web interface, but power on does not work through hardware button nor the ILO web interface. All lights are off in front panel
@@MyPlayHouse I don't have a spare CPU. This I bought from Bargain Hardware already for something around 15 USD including shipping. May be I should order another one from Bargain Hardware, but not sure I should spend any money on this server anymore.
@@rustandmagic No lights in the Front panel, But when I plug power cable, UID indicator in Front Panel glows for may be half a second. Apart from that only other lights glowing are CR1-CR9 & a light on the Riser Card :(. I'm really sad, my server dream is fading away it seems T_T. However thanks a lot Micke A for stepping in for help.
@@kasunshashi Have you tested the power supply ? do you just have one power supply or you use two ? if you have just one try install it in the other PSU bay and see if that helps, at least the amber power light in the lower left corner should glow so too me it sounds that maybe the power supply might be damaged, it could be worth trying a new one, they are really cheap. I don't know how much you have checked inside, check all cable connectors so nothing is unplugged or only half connected, how are you with a multi meter ? you could check the mother board and see if there is any power to the front panel, finally does the UID light comes on if you push the button or it stays dead after you plugged in the cable and it flashed ?
Hello, Need your advice, my requirement is a server for home use for labbing purpose only. I will run base OS as WIN and run VM workstation on top of that... I have a option of buying IBM 3550 M3 server with Quad Core E5-2665 processor and 128 GB of RAM kindly suggest is this server good for my requirements and is it a quite and energy efficient server... Also will this server support USB external sound card or any PCI sound card... Thanks kindly guide me
Hi,, that CPU does not fit in that model of server,, something is off :-) The x3550's is a 1U server and have very small fans,, that has to run very fast to keep it cool,, so the server is more noisy than it's 2U big brother. Yes you can put any cards and USB in it.
@@MyPlayHousecorrection the server is IBM 3550 M4 with E5 2665 processor and 128 GB RAM 1U as space constraints for home use... I hope the processor supports Hyper threading and VT-X required for VM workstation.. Main pointers for buying this server is to provide me more number of CPU cores in budget...and to provide me with the capability of server level H/W and to scale in future for any RAM requirements... For requirements of sound from the server I am planning to use the USB external sound card so that it will also be used as a daily workstation... I am not into gaming so do not require any processor support for gaming... Pls suggest..
I just paid £50 for a hp proliant ml350p gen 8 with x2 E5 2620 v2 6 core 12 threads CPUS, X2 psu, 24gb None ecc registered DDR3 RAM, FULL X4 FAN PACK, TAKE BOTH 3,5 AND 2.5 hdd or ssd etc, etc is this a good deal i got?
The server can have upto 512GB, as each channel is limited to only 2/3 DIMM slots if using quad rank DIMMs (which 32GB DIMMs are), so instead of being able to use 24 slots you're limited to 16. 16 x 32 = 512GB
@@KayJay01 it should support 64gb ram sticks. but i`ve never tried that. And you can definitey populate all 24 slots with 32gb modules, only the ram frequency goes down when doing that. 1066mhz i believe Summing up 768gb definitely possibe. 1,5tb should also work
@@KayJay01 what you forget is that 32gb and 64gb modules ar most of the times LRDIMM so they appear to the system as dual rank so a configuration of 3x32or possibly 64gb is definitely doable
I have the DL380p 25bay SFF. mirror 300gb sas for esxi and isos and 22 1tb drives in raid6 and 384gb ram. the Array is slower than i hoped. Access time isn't very nice but the through put is great kinda wishing i would have went with faster rotation since i don't need that much space.. Still has sandybridge 6 core cpus but I think i'm going to upgrade to 12c ivy bridges when i get time. if not then the 10c 2650Lv2. Getting iLO advanced was totally worth it. I also kinda wish i would've went with a LFF setup because larger drives are cheaper. but at 15-20$ US per drive.. still not horrible. other than the ESXI/CPU support for x79/99 being dropped I am very happy. Total price I probably have around 800$ into it
Thank you for a well done video. However this perfect server, has a main defect: you can’t place generic sas or sata hard drives, otherwise the fans go crazy 😭 there is a reason why hp has lost to dell.
@@MyPlayHouse Not so fast! You can get noisy fans due to non-HPE HBAs under control if you're willing to ue a customized ILO rom; www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/hix44v/silence_of_the_fans_pt_2_hp_ilo_4_273_now_with/ I have been using this for months and it works a treat!
@@AndrewStrydomBRP no no no. This is a common misconception. G8 BIOS, ILO firmware, all that stuff is freely available direct from hpe. The one thing that isn't, is the service pack iso.
I just bought 380p G8 from Bargain Hardware for dirt ass cheap, like 136€ + shipping hehe 2x2.4ghz 4 core cpus (I got my 2x12c 24t ones anyway) 128gb ram, nic card and raid card, 2 PSUS basicaly free xD
The issue with these servers is that they don't like non HP hardware, the fans will run at full speed of you plug in a non HP sas controller. Also, it doesn't want to boot from any SAS drive if the P420i controller is set to HBA mode. It's a bug in the firmware that causes the HBA mode issue.
Hi Morten, I've been watching your channel for a while now, and find it super interesting. I would love to have/build a server, but they are hard to come by and still very expensive. Thanks for putting up all the videos. A shout out from Australia.
@@richardk7761 Yes true, still quite expensive here. I'd like to expand my horizons into more recent servers.....both using different brands and newer technology. But I keep finding the 5 or 6 years old Dells, people are asking more than $1000. Supermicro are really scarce from Aussie suppliers, but I have seen some comparable prices even with expensive shipping from the UK. As a comparison, my recently purchased DL560 G8 was somewhere just under $1000 w/4 x CPU and 96GB Ram......just off the top off my head, I hope that's correct. My DL380p was around the $800ish mark, w/ 2 x CPU (can't remember the type) and 128GB Ram, 8 x $300GB disks. Neither of them are powered ATM as my server room is in pieces...only running my Firewall, My DL380G6 (workstation), my backup server and one Folding@Home Machine.
love my dl380 G8 i know its getting on a bit now days but they still very capable machines even in 2023
Hi cyberjack-CJ
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
I bought a HP DL380P Gen 8 with 12 LFF of BH with your promo code back in April and it works like a dream. Then this month I bought the HP 530FLR-SFP (10Gb nic) and that was only £14. Mine draws about 175w of juice idling, I use mine for Unriad and I put a Quadro P2200 for Plex. It's a great machine. As it summer you can hear the fans ramping up. Just want to say thank you Morten for all your videos and promo code. Keep up the awesome videos.
Glad you like the videos 🤗
@Kyle Joel; check this out to make your server quiet again: www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/hix44v/silence_of_the_fans_pt_2_hp_ilo_4_273_now_with/
@@71Kailee I will give that a shot over the next couple of days or even maybe tonight. I was worried I might brick the ilo. Unfortunately I have got my server in my loft (atic) I the UK and I need to think of a better solution for colling it down. It was quite all the way up to this week with the heatwave we are having over here right now.
If I remember correctly. The E series is the entry level and P series is the performance level.
Hi @Yandarval
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
24:58 as mentioned on the DL560 video, the pinout is different so it won't work in a regular PCIe slot. But there are adapters available on eBay that converts it from LOM to regular PCIe, and it will work in a regular PC with that adapter. I would know, I have a 40gbps LOM card in my PC right now :)
Nice 🤗
Hi Morten, Really good review and comparison of both servers of similar age, even though you had done the DL380 before.......it was good to see a fairly straight forward view of each of them. As you mentioned this is also considering how alike they are in many ways. I have both of these servers (although not operating ATM) and I'm glad I was able to grab them when I did.
Hi The ServerGeek
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
I have this server and it's the favorite of all my servers. So versatile in terms of expandability and very reasonably priced. It's also modern enough to be reasonably power efficient and have a good ILO. And with the LOM port you can put in Gen9/Gen10 cards (40gbps+) which is much cheaper than regular PCIe :D
They are very cheap,,
Older video - but that mini-sata connector (27:26) was a PITA to find, but I was able to find one once here in the US.
Hi @BrandonTahedl
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
I got 3 HP DL380p G8 servers barebone for $75 dollars each (they came with 4GB of RAM and e5-2630 v1 CPUs). It was a steal at the time I got them. All 3 are serving as ESXi 7.0 U2 hosts in my home lab.
They are getting really cheap!
May I ask are you running Vcenter?
Also what Kind of issues you had with them running ESXI 7.0 U2 I have the same server
Could you list your firmware list of the system
I had a lot of issues until I installed the intelligence provisioning then the server started to act normal and the iLO sees the ESXI services and so on
Still using my DL360 G7 with two X5670 and 128gb of RAM as my main 24/7 server, hosts 7 VM's and has not missed a beat in 3 years, I think its been powered off twice and that was due to power outage... when idle uses 120w when on full load maybe 450w... Great video as always Morten 👏👏👏👏😎😎
Hi Tim Box
Thank You very much! I seam to have jumped over the Gen7 :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
Im looking to place a order for a 300 buck used one. This video helped me decide. Thank you sir.
Best of luck with your new server.
My experience with the disfunctional ilo from Bargain hardware is, that there is only the flash dead (in read only mode) Ilo has a warning, but it still works fine
The iLo problem was a known issue with these gen8 servers and iLo firmware below 1.60 (If I recall correctly). Due to an error in the firmware the flash was continuously written to and destroying it over time. If the firmware was upgraded in time, this would prevent it, but otherwise HPE replaced the motherboard if you had extended warranty. This was done for several servers we ran at the time. This surely is an issue to be aware off when you buy one of these servers and care about the iLo.
Thank you very much for that good info!
Okay thank you very much!
Worth noting that there was also a security issue, so it's imperative to update iLO to the latest version.
Search for "You Can Bypass Authentication on HPE iLO4 Servers With 29 "A" Characters".
I have a 20 core DL360p G8 with 128GB 1333 ECC. It was quite cheap and it's a monster. Lusting after a 380p now!!
There is not much of a difference 🤗
@@MyPlayHouse apart from being double the size😀
I'd like to put a GPU in so the room would be appreciated
My DL380p (mfd 2012 AFAIK) came with the service tool. It was missing by the time I acquired it but the holder is still there. Maybe they removed that feature later on to save cost. I know with later versions they changed the heatsinks from the nice clamp to boring screws.
I think it was fun with that little tool.
Hi Morten. That power connector on the pcie riser is a very standard one... Just not used much PC's. It's a "Molex Mini-Fit JR" 10-pin. It's very easy to build your own adapters and cables with that system if you have a crimp tool. I actually use them to power little 12V 40mm fans that I've put on the chipset, RAID controller and my pcie HBA. Not strictly necessary but lowers the temps another 10-20 degrees, which in summer is very handy to keep the fan noise down.
Hi Kailee71
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
I just got one of these just over a week ago, from bargain hardware!!
I got the one with the damaged iLo and 25 drive bays
No dvd drive either, and 10gb sfp+
Currently using it with bare metal windows 10 dual booted with esxi as well, making a video series about using as a remote Adobe suite render server/video editing machine via parsec, so naturally I was extremely pleased when I saw this review come up ony feed!
Great video
Hi TechDave
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
Hello, Is there any way to attach a small M2 SATA SSD internally in order to boot from? I dont want to use USB Stick or SD Card for boot, I need an SSD and I dont know if I can attach it somewhere else except the front storage bay.
I am selling there : www.myplayhouse.dk/shop/en/storage-controller/164-m2-nvme-adapter-pci-express-x16-x8-x4-expansion-card.html
In my little shop,, and that can boot on newer servers,, but this is NVMe
@@MyPlayHouse thanks for your answer. So the server itself doesnt have an internal slot but I can use that adaptor. Will look into it.
Sweet! I got these and like them a lot but having issues finding good role for them as they are. Looking for Gen9 soon. Keep doing what you do.. Question? Have you seen my IT videos?
Yes I have had a sneak peek at your videos :-)
@@MyPlayHouse Very cool! Keep doing what you love man! Later!
@@MyPlayHouse Let me know if you want to do something together some time...
I have the DL380p Gen8 25SFF, so it is absolutely available :)
I said 24, and had to correct it to 25 😬
I bought the exact model and was able to fit 12 bay 3.5 LFF drive cage from DL380e (not p) to this chassis after transplant cables in the drive cage and sourcing a DL380e to drive cage power cable. After that everything works prefect, the top panel doesn't close properly because it could not match the DL380e drive cage. After some Dremel work on the top panel, it will fit.
Hi Harry TheCarGuy
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
Hi Morten, thanks for doing these HP Videos. I'm watching this on my HP 380-G7. And I have been wondering what the difference is, to the other HP's of this time... Don
Hi Don Bishop
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
Is this suitable for using @ home, are the fans loud under operation, I’m planing to put one in the cupboard under the stairs, thanks.
Only good if your interested in enterprise equipment,, it is more noisy and power hungry than a PC
@@MyPlayHouse Thanks, I'm looking to consolidate some HP micro server in something with a bit more power.
There's apparently a modified firmware you can install to adjust the fan speed pwm values and make it near silent
I have DL380p's with both style rails, the ones where you mount the inner rails to the server before installation into the rack, are called "friction rails", and the other where you have to guide the server into the rails, after they have been installed in the rack, are called "telescoping rails".
I prefer the friction rails, it is so much easier to rack servers with those.
Also:
DL380p = Performance Model
DL380e = Entry Model
They have always had Entry end Performance models, but Gen8 was special in using an entirely different CPU.
The DL380 Gen9 also comes in Entry and Performance models, but entry usually just has a single CPU and aluminum heatsink, and 4x "Standard fans", where the performance model comes with dual CPUs, heatsink with heat pipes, 6x "Performance fans"
Normally they use another number for lower end servers,, here they are kind of using the dl380’s long reputation as the best 2U HP server.
Yes we are running 28 HP dl380 in our data,,, bla bla and anyone that knows HP will know that 🤗
We have 3000+ DL360P / DL360E / DL380P G8 and starting to get second hand G9 servers because there are getting more and more available
Okay what kind of business are that for?
@@MyPlayHouse dedicated server hosting in The Netherlands 🇳🇱. Small company growing big.
We mainly buy secondhand hardware because, it’s cheap and still works great. Only no official support from HP but you don’t need that.
Hi! Did you tried to use HP DL380 G8 with two raid card and with drives backplane on the back? I'm looking for data nodes for our ceph cluster and really corious if that can have first raid in hba mode and second in raid mode to have good boot option.
No sorry,, I have not tried that..
@@MyPlayHouse any ideas if it will work? Or maybe you have build ceph using some specific servers?
What you can do is run a coupe of cheap sata ssd's off the internal P420i (but these can't be mounted in the drive bays at the front - just mount them on some PCIe disk brackets), and then connect the backplane up to a PCIe HBA. That's what I do for ESXi - and then do PCIe passthrough of the HBA for VMs (TrueNAS in my case).
I haven't turned on my servers for 2 years now, a real shame, I don't use them and they are getting old
Do you just have a good workstation?
I can understand that, a girlfriend I had was always asking me why I ran them all the time considering the power bill was obviously higher. Firstly it is my house and my money, secondly if you're interested in something.....a passion or a hobby it usually costs money. It just is what it is.......if you don't feel you're getting the use out of them then there's no need to turn them on...even if they are old.
I have a couple of "really" old servers (2000-2003) that I only turn on about once a month ...really just to keep the capacitors charged....or leave them on standby as long as they only power the input stages and not keep the internal fans running like some servers do. I'll keep them ...more as a history type thing as long as they do actually work.....it's always interesting to compare a Compaq Proliant G1 server to an HPE G8 or G9 or a Dell R610 or 710. :-)
I switched from a rack of Dell Poweredge servers I got for free from work to just two HP Microserver Gen10 Plus. More power efficient and quiet.
You do not want to run to many of these :-) for sure..
I ordered your desulpherter back in May and I still haven't got it yet. Any idea when I will get it?
I have gotten a order back for the US,, some bad number it Sayed,, it came back yesterday,, could that be you?
Surely the E in HP models is for Extra Hardware Problems?
Maybe,, or expected, everlasting,,,
theres two things i dont like, the SAS Ports with the way they sit up from the board and the iLO cant be changed. my Dell Servers that management controller can be replaced which i like my Dell R710 uses the same amount of power as my workstation does with the i7 3770k and a GTX1050.
Okay thank you very much 🤗
Are the first and the secondary riser cages the same?
Yes. Identical
@@KayJay01 thanks.
Looks like it 😬
21:10 higher performance cpus like this are the 2667 v2 with turbo 4 ghz and 8c16t
Hi leonardo toschi
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
DL380 looks more expandable than big brother, especially, if more drives are needed.
Good comparison video!
Now I wonder, is it taking more or less power than IBM x3650 M3.. 🤔
Each is available with different drive bay configurations so I think the expandability is the same for both of them. Each can also take two riser cards.
The dl380p Gen8 is the same generation as the Lenovo x3650 M4
There is not much options for the dl560 Gen8
@@MyPlayHouse Thanks. That's mean, that more fair comparison is with M4. 🤔
Are you going to do the LFF one as well as te SFF one
I do not have the LFF One,,, might do something if I got one.
Hi Morten,
I'm looking for some help, if you can give some ideas,
I have HP DL380 G7 Server, which I found for 20 USD in the hope that I might be able take it back to life, so I finally have a server to play with :)
When I connect power, some lights in the motherboard lights up, But no lights in Front panel.
Fan in the power supply is spinning
Could it be a faulty motherboard or faulty front panel.
by the way I was able to login to ILO & see some stuff & even turn on UID light through the web interface,
but power on does not work through hardware button nor the ILO web interface.
All lights are off in front panel
It can be all sorts of things,, have you checked the CPU’s and the CPU socks?
Does the yellow standby light change to green when you turn it on ? no lights on the status panel ?
@@MyPlayHouse I don't have a spare CPU. This I bought from Bargain Hardware already for something around 15 USD including shipping.
May be I should order another one from Bargain Hardware, but not sure I should spend any money on this server anymore.
@@rustandmagic No lights in the Front panel, But when I plug power cable, UID indicator in Front Panel glows for may be half a second.
Apart from that only other lights glowing are CR1-CR9 & a light on the Riser Card :(.
I'm really sad, my server dream is fading away it seems T_T.
However thanks a lot Micke A for stepping in for help.
@@kasunshashi Have you tested the power supply ? do you just have one power supply or you use two ? if you have just one try install it in the other PSU bay and see if that helps, at least the amber power light in the lower left corner should glow so too me it sounds that maybe the power supply might be damaged, it could be worth trying a new one, they are really cheap. I don't know how much you have checked inside, check all cable connectors so nothing is unplugged or only half connected, how are you with a multi meter ? you could check the mother board and see if there is any power to the front panel, finally does the UID light comes on if you push the button or it stays dead after you plugged in the cable and it flashed ?
Hello,
Need your advice, my requirement is a server for home use for labbing purpose only. I will run base OS as WIN and run VM workstation on top of that...
I have a option of buying IBM 3550 M3 server with Quad Core E5-2665 processor and 128 GB of RAM kindly suggest is this server good for my requirements and is it a quite and energy efficient server...
Also will this server support USB external sound card or any PCI sound card...
Thanks kindly guide me
Hi,, that CPU does not fit in that model of server,, something is off :-) The x3550's is a 1U server and have very small fans,, that has to run very fast to keep it cool,, so the server is more noisy than it's 2U big brother.
Yes you can put any cards and USB in it.
@@MyPlayHousecorrection the server is IBM 3550 M4 with E5 2665 processor and 128 GB RAM
1U as space constraints for home use...
I hope the processor supports Hyper threading and VT-X required for VM workstation..
Main pointers for buying this server is to provide me more number of CPU cores in budget...and to provide me with the capability of server level H/W and to scale in future for any RAM requirements...
For requirements of sound from the server I am planning to use the USB external sound card so that it will also be used as a daily workstation... I am not into gaming so do not require any processor support for gaming...
Pls suggest..
I just paid £50 for a hp proliant ml350p gen 8 with x2 E5 2620 v2 6 core 12 threads CPUS, X2 psu, 24gb None ecc registered DDR3 RAM, FULL X4 FAN PACK, TAKE BOTH 3,5 AND 2.5 hdd or ssd etc, etc is this a good deal i got?
I do not really know the ML series,, but £50 can´t really go to wrong!!
The server can have upto 512GB, as each channel is limited to only 2/3 DIMM slots if using quad rank DIMMs (which 32GB DIMMs are), so instead of being able to use 24 slots you're limited to 16. 16 x 32 = 512GB
And I don't think it supports 64GB DIMMs, I think it's upto 32GB per stick
@@KayJay01 it should support 64gb ram sticks. but i`ve never tried that. And you can definitey populate all 24 slots with 32gb modules, only the ram frequency goes down when doing that. 1066mhz i believe
Summing up 768gb definitely possibe.
1,5tb should also work
@@niklasp.5847 No it'll not work with 32gb in all slots as each channel is limited to 2 dimms out of 3 when quad rank DIMMs are used.
Well 5 years ago in this video: th-cam.com/video/y7S0s0Q2QFk/w-d-xo.html
I upgraded a dl380p Gen8 to 768GB’s of ram,, and they ware quad rank blocks.
@@KayJay01 what you forget is that 32gb and 64gb modules ar most of the times LRDIMM so they appear to the system as dual rank so a configuration of 3x32or possibly 64gb is definitely doable
I have the DL380p 25bay SFF. mirror 300gb sas for esxi and isos and 22 1tb drives in raid6 and 384gb ram. the Array is slower than i hoped. Access time isn't very nice but the through put is great kinda wishing i would have went with faster rotation since i don't need that much space.. Still has sandybridge 6 core cpus but I think i'm going to upgrade to 12c ivy bridges when i get time. if not then the 10c 2650Lv2. Getting iLO advanced was totally worth it.
I also kinda wish i would've went with a LFF setup because larger drives are cheaper. but at 15-20$ US per drive.. still not horrible.
other than the ESXI/CPU support for x79/99 being dropped I am very happy. Total price I probably have around 800$ into it
Hi JoeCast
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
Thank you for a well done video. However this perfect server, has a main defect: you can’t place generic sas or sata hard drives, otherwise the fans go crazy 😭 there is a reason why hp has lost to dell.
Thanks for the info!
@@MyPlayHouse Not so fast! You can get noisy fans due to non-HPE HBAs under control if you're willing to ue a customized ILO rom; www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/hix44v/silence_of_the_fans_pt_2_hp_ilo_4_273_now_with/ I have been using this for months and it works a treat!
You can't get bios or ilo updates unless you pay either, which I'd argue is the bigger dealbreaker. They don't even give out security updates!
@@AndrewStrydomBRP no no no. This is a common misconception. G8 BIOS, ILO firmware, all that stuff is freely available direct from hpe. The one thing that isn't, is the service pack iso.
@@71Kailee Links please, I was never able to find G7 or G8 bios updates.
I just bought 380p G8 from Bargain Hardware for dirt ass cheap, like 136€ + shipping hehe 2x2.4ghz 4 core cpus (I got my 2x12c 24t ones anyway) 128gb ram, nic card and raid card, 2 PSUS basicaly free xD
Nice new toy to play with :-)
The issue with these servers is that they don't like non HP hardware, the fans will run at full speed of you plug in a non HP sas controller. Also, it doesn't want to boot from any SAS drive if the P420i controller is set to HBA mode. It's a bug in the firmware that causes the HBA mode issue.
Thar is a couple of irritating issues :-/
Imagin if this server was available in 1980, bring it in and they will pray for you
This could have run the world in 1980 :-)
I got mine for $140 but mine had 384 gigs of ram. The ram itself on Ebay is worth more than that lol
that is an low prices :-)
I got two of these with 2620 xeons and 16gb ram for 80 euro’s. Think I’m lucky then
They are getting really cheap!
@@MyPlayHouse Do you recommend to run a DC on a not too expensive HP G10 ML server? And also put the backup on that same system to access everything?
⭐super.
Hi Kacper
Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-)
Thank you for watching! :-)
Doesn't HP mean Hardware Problems?
:-) It's summer views are way down,, sorry about the quality drop :-P
Weather in Denmark
It’s been about 30C today and the sea 22C and was out swimming today.
@@MyPlayHouse So the question is, the atlantic or öresund?
I have a Dl380 g5,got it for 10€ xD
cheap space heater
Noisy space heater :-)
@@MyPlayHouse Thats mean xD but its not that noisy and warm :D
First, my very first
Keep it up xD
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Hi Morten, I've been watching your channel for a while now, and find it super interesting. I would love to have/build a server, but they are hard to come by and still very expensive. Thanks for putting up all the videos. A shout out from Australia.
@@richardk7761 Yes true, still quite expensive here. I'd like to expand my horizons into more recent servers.....both using different brands and newer technology. But I keep finding the 5 or 6 years old Dells, people are asking more than $1000. Supermicro are really scarce from Aussie suppliers, but I have seen some comparable prices even with expensive shipping from the UK.
As a comparison, my recently purchased DL560 G8 was somewhere just under $1000 w/4 x CPU and 96GB Ram......just off the top off my head, I hope that's correct. My DL380p was around the $800ish mark, w/ 2 x CPU (can't remember the type) and 128GB Ram, 8 x $300GB disks. Neither of them are powered ATM as my server room is in pieces...only running my Firewall, My DL380G6 (workstation), my backup server and one Folding@Home Machine.
Did he really say Memorex? Haha
Yes but was trying to say Mellanox 🤔
I find the E7-8*** over the E7-4*** Much better CPU's and there Dirt Cheap Now in the END of 2022...
Okay,,, how do you find them better?
2nd hehe
Again ,, what’s Up with you 🤗
@@MyPlayHouse haha unfortunately life is not going well for me lately… it’s alright… am trying to be ok
P - performance
Yes and E for economy :-)