Agree with you and the OP, for me I always work with these servers (or am supposed to with my cloud research), and wanted to toy around with one on my own.
The noise of the CS24-SC actually isn't so bad (as others report).
The power is 400W, less pulled when the whole system is idled. So not horrible.
We do not run 24/7, this isn't being used as a traditional server.
We turn it on to manipulate large VM images (my case), or to run an algorithm that needs a lot of RAM and cores (her case).
The noise of the CS24-SC actually isn't so bad (as others report).
The power is 400W, less pulled when the whole system is idled. So not horrible.
We do not run 24/7, this isn't being used as a traditional server.
We turn it on to manipulate large VM images (my case), or to run an algorithm that needs a lot of RAM and cores (her case).
So it runs at most 8-10 hours, 2-4 times a week.