In fact is quieter than my desktop in the same room which by no stretch is loud. On L series 56xx Xeons the R610 is really quiet. I don't buy their products, similar to how some refuse to shop at WalMart.Īs for noise, not that you asked. I will say I am entirely bias when it comes to HP. Some of Dell's RAID cards (SAS 6i/r) do use proprietary connectors but their backplanes use standard SFF8087 SAS connectors. This is true with all the servers brands I've touched.
The R610 is a 11G.Īs for quirks, Dells can be temperamental when it comes to changing RAM configuration, but as long as you follow the instructions on the inside panel everything will install nicely. The 11 generation Dells do not have licensing requirement for the iDRAC, it's entirely hardware dependent functionality. Because iLo has been mention: for $22 you can buy an iDRAC enterprise card and have a remote console interface through Java on a dedicated Ethernet port. I have 4x R610s in my lab, obviously I like them. r/HomeNetworking - Simpler networking advice. r/pfsense - for all things pfsense ('nix firewall)
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