What's inside my HPE ProLiant G9 dl580

My Current Rack
Startech 22U server cabinet.
Triplite PDU
Furman power conditioner.
Netgear MS510TXM
MikroTik CRS504-4XQ-IN
Supermicro CSE-836 -
(2X EPYC 7642 CPU's)
(Supermicro H12DSi-N6)
(512GB RAM)
(16 - 16TB HDD)
(4 - 1TB NVME)
(Mellanox 100GB nic)
HP ProLiant DL580 G9
(4X intel E7-8894V4 CPU's)
(512GB RAM)
(5 - 1.2TB HDD)
(5 - 2TB SSD)
(2 - AMD 7900 XTX)
(Highpoint 1444C)
(Mellanox 100GB nic)

[@IpfxTwin]

I honestly don't know what I could do to put even the smallest amount of stress a system like that, but I'd sure love to try one day lol

[@intelcorei9179]

Dream server alongside the 920.

[@BadStoryDan]

I'm putting together a DL580 g9 also, and I'm curious if you've ever come across any documentation on what exactly the "reverse air flow" cable for the M60 is.. Is it just a peculiarly named power cable? I've got a bunch of K40s I'd like to stick in it but they're a little too high in TDP to get four of them (like 20 watts each) 😟 Thanks for an informative look regardless. Much appreciated.

[@mr_jarble]

There are a handful of k40 models and most of them are closer to 250w each so I am not sure what you are referring to about 20 watts? I am currently running four 4070 supers in here with no issues. As for the reverse airflow on the M60 I assume you are referring to part 869724-B21? That part is if you need a back to front flow rather than front to back so a fairly nich use case. All that to say I would have zero hesitation running a full six dual slot cards in here. The server has airflow for days if you can put up with the sound. So either your ears or the power delivery is going to tap out long before cooling is a issue.

[@BadStoryDan]

@@mr_jarble They're the k40m variant. They're 245 watts, which is 20 watts more than the 225 watts per card needed to get 4 of them in according to the manual (900w total).

[@BadStoryDan]

@@mr_jarble I'm not sure what the reason would be to switch the airflow direction.. is that something specific to the M60 card?

[@mr_jarble]

@BadStoryDan I believe the bus limit is 1200w, assuming you are running n+n power configuration. In production, I have produced a load greater than 2000w on my unit. I don't specifically remember the 900w limit you are referring to in the service documents, but it has been a moment since I was digging in them.

[@mr_jarble]

@BadStoryDan I did a bit of digging on that m60, and honestly, I am not sure. The heatsink is a bit different than modern high airflow cards, so that could be the reason, but I can't be sure.

[@KenGaming3000]

Hey I’m a complete newbie when it comes to this stuff. To preface my interests and potential future applications: I’m looking to get into computer science and probably IT as a career. I just wanted to inquire about what you use this behemoth of a setup for if you don’t mind me asking? I’m looking to build one for home use. Mainly to create a file server for personal use with my family, friends, and people I’m working with. I also plan to host bots for a video game along with software that my friend made for a video game. I have some ideas when it’s come to future applications I’d like to build and I would plan on using this to host. The list goes on but I’ll top it off as a hub to host multi media, like totally licenses movies for family and myself which I guess would integrate into a very very small botched home theatre setup. Thank you so much for your time if you read this. If you have any resources on where to start as well that would be much appreciated. Part of me also just wants a beast like your system!;) I’m willing to dump my 2x 4090’s, night vision, and some rifles along with misc tech to fund this project. Thank so in advance. -Chris

[@mr_jarble]

Hey thanks so much for the comment. To answer your main question this particular server is for video rendering and image stacking task. For me a big part of this processes was wanting to learn so things are not fully optimized for the task at hand but rather what I could learn at the time. Also there has always been part of me that wanted to run a monster and this ticked that particular box quite nicely. If you are into computer engineering and want to learn old hardware is a great place to start. I have found that even in my current role building these servers has helped me grow. For what you are wanting to do, take a look at my other server, the 256TB file server, as it would be a much better data and hosting environment. The only thing it does not do is high powered gpu compute. It is newer more efficient hardware (same number of cores) running nearly twice as fast at a quarter of the power. The nice thing for me is that this is all e-waste so find what you are looking for and wait for it to pop up on ebay for a good price and bingo you have a server that can do anything without breaking the bank.

[@bentleymax2511]

Could you please provide references to the GPU power cords? I would like to try intel arc A380 cards on this system.

[@mr_jarble]

COMeap 10 Pin to Dual PCI-E 8... www.amazon.com/dp/B07LBKC21M?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share these guys worked brilliantly.

[@busavocr]

Hi, have you tried to put a RTX3090 in this!? ...and could you spend some heads up or recommendations for me 😊 !?

[@mr_jarble]

I have not tried a 3090 in there as I gave mine away and my 4090 is to large to fit.

[@AzadMamedov]

could you please tell me how fast its on rendering of 3D models ?

[@mr_jarble]

I don't do 3D rendering myself but I would be happy to benchmark something for you.

[@AzadMamedov]

@@mr_jarble I like this beast. Only one problem its too noisy to keep within the room.

[@mr_jarble]

@@AzadMamedov I recently changed the firmware recently that significantly helped with the noise levels.

[@AzadMamedov]

@@mr_jarble could you make short video of it ?

[@mr_jarble]

@@AzadMamedov absolutely 😀

[@whiiiz9410]

Can you tuck 4 of these cards in this machine?

[@mr_jarble]

@@whiiiz9410 the 7900xtx cards are a bit too thick to fit. I do have four 4070 Supers in there and they fit nicely.

[@whiiiz9410]

@@mr_jarble Thanks for the reply. Have you tried them at deep learning? I've been thinking of running 4 x AMD MI100s or 4 x 3090s as the 4090s won't fit in this server. 7900xtx are pretty decent but I would need at least 4 of them without having to fiddle with risers or pcie extenders.