July 17, 20232 yr Just doing a little curious reading and trying to understand why a server board is considered to be better. https://www.newegg.com/supermicro-x12sae-10th-generation-intel-core-i9-core-i7-core-i5-core-i3-pentium-celeron-pr/p/1JW-0006-00HR4 This particular board looks to have small VRM heatsinks and a small passive cooling heatsink on the bridge. Compared to something by ASUS that's consumer grade this doesn't exactly look like it's built anymore robust. So what makes them more capable of 24/7/365 operation?
July 18, 20232 yr I'm not an expert in this but i suspect 'server grade' motherboards have better quality components (capacitors, vrm's, ...) that have higher standards that consumer hardware does not need/have. They usually also have a thicker pcb (more layers?).
July 18, 20232 yr On 7/17/2023 at 9:36 AM, FlyingTexan said: why a server board is considered to be better. Not better, more like "different"... A server must run 24/7, so the boards have a different desing/construction. But you can also buy "military grade" Mainboards for "normal" computers... if you willing to pay 5x the price 🤣👍 Edited July 18, 20232 yr by Zonediver
July 20, 20232 yr On 7/17/2023 at 7:36 AM, FlyingTexan said: So what makes them more capable of 24/7/365 operation? Every consumer board is designed and capable of 24/7/365 (at least the big branded ones, not some cheap junk of unknown origin). The Server grade mostly only differ in design, features and associated component sets, not necessarily construction (if at all) with the exception of ones specifically designed and build for military or unique industrial uses.
July 28, 20232 yr One thing that I came across as a difference was the LAN chipset. I bought a motherboard with Intel I219V and I originally installed TrueNas. I then read that it's better to have the I219LM for something like TrueNAS because the OS was server-grade. In fact the spec specifically says, "Server operating system support" among a few other features. But, I have no idea what any of that really means. In the end my onboard I219V seems to be doing just fine with unRAID. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/content-details/333229/intel-ethernet-connection-i219-product-brief.html?wapkw=I219LM vs I219V Maybe someone here can shed some light on the difference is between a desktop LAN chipset and a server LAN chipset. Edited July 28, 20232 yr by TimTheSettler
August 14, 20232 yr Integrated lights out IPMI server level support ability to run Xenon or Core processors
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