A Newbie has to choose between 2 servers (and is lost) ! reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ninhache · 2023-12-01 09:35 The newbie (me..) can choose between 2 servers [Dell R610](https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Shared-Content_data- Sheets_Documents/fr/fr/PowerEdge-R610-Spec-Sheet_FR.pdf) & [Dell R720](https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Shared-Content_data- Sheets_Documents/fr/fr/Dell-PowerEdge-R720-Spec-Sheet_FR.pdf) (for free) Basically I don't know how to choose.. I've read both specs, R720 looks better but I'm not sure, since I only want to host a few services \~5, maybe that's overkill (maybe not) Could someone guide me a little please ? \> I've mainly look at the CPU, Intel 5520 vs Intel C600, the C600 is the most recent and looks like he've the more "features" and better specs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Muizaz88 · 2023-12-01 09:54 Better to be over-speced rather than finding out you are under-speced somewhere on your journey down the self-hosting rabbit hole. Check for power consumption as well, since that makes a slight difference in operating costs (though shouldn't be a major difference in your case, frankly). All else being the same, I'd choose the more powerful system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Raithmir · 2023-12-01 09:54 The R720 is a generation newer (the second digit in the model number), but is still old and power hungry. Generally people don't recommend less than Rx30 generation as they're much more efficient and works out betting buying one of those over electricity costs of running an older model. 5520 or 600 is the *chipset*, not the CPU. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- driversti · 2023-12-01 11:29 What kind of services are you going to run? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AlexisColoun · 2023-12-01 11:36 6X0 and 7X0 have a very similar feature set with the biggest difference being the 6X0s are 1u and the 7X0s are 2u in high. Meaning the 6X0s will have smaller fans(40mm) needing to spin even faster and therfore being a bit louder than the fans in a 7X0 (80mm) Next difference is the number of drive caddys. Due to double the high the 7X0 can hold a lot more drives ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SilentDecode · 2023-12-01 12:27 R720 is newer and faster. No reason to get the R610. R610 = 2009 R720 = 2013, so a lot newer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AdmiralPoopyDiaper · 2023-12-01 12:54 Also for homelabbing the 700 is 2U - the fans are bigger and so a little (little) quieter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lrdfrd1 · 2023-12-01 13:09 720. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonteponte71 · 2023-12-01 13:49 If you are only going to run five services, you can do that on a HP or Dell minipc that draws ten times less wattage. No problem. Not free, but cheaper to to run. Unless you need to heat you home of course :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ninhache · 2023-12-01 13:53 That's right.. I've to find more things to put on my future server.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Help_Stuck_In_Here · 2023-12-01 13:55 Be careful and run the things you need and will make your tech life better. Running things for the hell of it can lead to a convoluted mess. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonteponte71 · 2023-12-01 14:01 You will have no problem adding stuff once you get into it. Shit is addictive! I started with my NAS (DS918+) as a fileserver for video. It now runs 15 docker containers on a fairly weak CPU with no issues so far :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dazchad · 2023-12-01 14:54 And things you don't actively pay attention to tend to break ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dazchad · 2023-12-01 14:56 Most definitely over kill. I get it that it's cool to have a badass server on your office, but it's noisy and power hungry. A RPI would work the same, unless it's a demanding app. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kmisterk · 2023-12-05 17:07 ## Post Removed Hey, Ninhache! Thanks for your submission on selfhosted. Your post has been removed due to a violation of the purpose of the subreddit: **Self Hosting** ## Not Self-Hosted When it comes to posts regarding applications in this subreddit, they must feature a self-hosted tool, or a tool that *can be* self-hosted, or some kind of related information, help request, or otherwise related to a tool that is something that one can self-host. 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