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ThinkServer to ThinkStation - Worth the move?


ziggie216

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Was just handed down a semi-new ThinkStation and been debating if I should migrate UnRAID over. Your thoughts?

 

Current ThinkServer 

Xeon E3-1220 V2

24GB ECC 

LSI SATA/SAS RAID 

Case holds 8x HDD (Using 6 of 8 slots)

2x SSD fitted in a DVD-ROM bay

 

New ThinkStation

Xeon E5-1620 V4

64GB ECC

Case hold 4x HDD

Has 1 available DVD-ROM- bay

 

The E5 core would really help with Plex and allow me to run more VM. The downside of the ThinkStation is the hard drive bays limitation and drives will be connected directly to the motherboard (6x SATA ports) instead of a RAID card. I can't swap the motherboards since Lenovo has these proprietary connections and layout.

 

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