LeftBoobFreckle@lemmings.worldtoHomelab•HP DL380 Gen9 will it take Xeon E5 v2 or v0 cpus?English
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10 months agoGen9’s take v3 and v4 processors, a gen8 will take v2’s.
Gen9’s take v3 and v4 processors, a gen8 will take v2’s.
That will do fine if you do not need hardware transcoding and all your clients can direct play your files. If you do need transcoding I would suggest something with an Intel 7th Gen or higher with embedded graphics so you can utilize quicksync.
Reading your post I was initially going to suggest Brocade from eBay until I got to the end. I’m not familiar with the YouTube video you referenced but I have been very happy with my ICX6610’s however I will note they are fairly loud.
Licensing is also not a problem, https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/brocade-icx-series-cheap-powerful-10gbe-40gbe-switching.21107/
https://fohdeesha.com/docs/6610.html