Small/low power PC for server

[Johnatan56]

Hi everyone,

looking for a small server I can get off of Amazon.de or something Europe side, but I don't really know many products in the category.
It's for running a few small DB servers as a dev environment that I can keep running 24/7, so general lower power consumption when not really in use is a priority, plus smaller form factor is desirable.

No Windows license needed, everything is running in docker distros so will be running Linux, only need is that it must be x86.

Was looking at the Intel NUC 10:

Intel Barebone NUC NUC10i7FNH: Amazon.de: Computer & Zubehör

Intel Barebone NUC NUC10i7FNH (I7-10710U, UHD Graphic) - Kostenloser Versand ab 29€. Jetzt bei Amazon.de bestellen!

www.amazon.de

Which is:
i7 10710U (6C 1.1 base, 4.7GHz turbo)
6C/12T
514 EUR

Which then including 32GB RAM jumps to ~600 EUR, which is fine, budget is around 700 EUR but would rather go cheaper if no real gains. Have a spare 500GB SSD M.2 2280 I can use, but don't mind as more storage is always nicer if fits in budget.

Other option is AMD side is their mini PC's:

ASUS PN50-BBR545MD-CSM Barebone Mini PC Black: Amazon.de: Computer & Accessories

ASUS PN50-BBR545MD-CSM Barebone Mini PC Black: Amazon.de: Computer & Accessories

www.amazon.de

Which I'd look at the 4500U
6C/6T
472 EUR

Both seem to be the same power envelope about, but I think the Intel one has a little quieter a fan? They both have about the same single core performance but the intel one has about 20% multi-threaded, which seems worth the 40 EUR if noise, form factor and that difference for it are taken into account.

Anyone have any other suggestions? Raspberry Pi 4 won't work as not enough performance for SQL server case I am running sadly.

Shipping doesn't really matter, in Austria, so Amazon listed price is the price for .de.

 

[SauRoNZA]

HP Microserver all the way.

Especially if you need storage and redundancy down the line.

It’s available from Amazon.de but likely can also order directly from HP online.

 

[Johnatan56]

HP Microserver all the way.

Especially if you need storage and redundancy down the line.

It’s available from Amazon.de but likely can also order directly from HP online.

Those seem to be up to 180W parts and their site seems to list 2/4C parts only. https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/gethtml.aspx?docname=a00073554enw
I don't need the ECC of it, nor do I need mass storage, we're talking about 80GB of databases and that's it, more important that the CPU can handle bursts in work loads for joins and stuff, so more threads and RAM is better (since can then put certain tables in-memory).

E.g. the Intel NUC is <10W idle, 100W peak, 60W long-term work with way more cores, so doesn't seem like a good option?

I'm loking at these: https://buy.hpe.com/at/de/servers/p...-proliant-microserver-gen10-plus/p/1012241014 , am I looking at the wrong stuff?

 

[SauRoNZA]

Those seem to be up to 180W parts and their site seems to list 2/4C parts only. https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/gethtml.aspx?docname=a00073554enw
I don't need the ECC of it, nor do I need mass storage, we're talking about 80GB of databases and that's it, more important that the CPU can handle bursts in work loads for joins and stuff, so more threads and RAM is better (since can then put certain tables in-memory).

E.g. the Intel NUC is <10W idle, 100W peak, 60W long-term work with way more cores, so doesn't seem like a good option?

I'm loking at these: https://buy.hpe.com/at/de/servers/p...-proliant-microserver-gen10-plus/p/1012241014 , am I looking at the wrong stuff?

Didn't even realise there was a newer "flatter" one but yes that's what I was referring to.

If you never need more storage or redundancy then the NUC is probably the way to go yeah.

HP's do idle very low as well.

 

[B-1]

Those seem to be up to 180W parts and their site seems to list 2/4C parts only. https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/gethtml.aspx?docname=a00073554enw
I don't need the ECC of it, nor do I need mass storage, we're talking about 80GB of databases and that's it, more important that the CPU can handle bursts in work loads for joins and stuff, so more threads and RAM is better (since can then put certain tables in-memory).

E.g. the Intel NUC is <10W idle, 100W peak, 60W long-term work with way more cores, so doesn't seem like a good option?

I'm loking at these: https://buy.hpe.com/at/de/servers/p...-proliant-microserver-gen10-plus/p/1012241014 , am I looking at the wrong stuff?

I have two of the older HP's and mine use about 45w but you can build them quite differently so its easy to go more. They are awesome kit though built like their bigger brothers. With these smaller servers/pcs most of the power is chewed up by the CPU so more power is more watts. Something else to consider is wake on lan on the HP so you can switch them off and wake them up when needed as well if you dont have anything that needs to run 24/7.

 

[B-1]

• Power off: 2.1W
• Idle: 15.2W
• Average power: 33.8W
• Max power observed: 50.5W

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