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The original was posted on /r/homelab by /u/midcoast207 on 2024-01-23 14:28:40+00:00.
Good morning, great and knowledgeable homelab gods. I am trying to consolidate my setup and would like to combine machines in my Proxmox cluster to save power.
I have an R730xd SFF with 2x E5-2697v4, and an R420 w/ 2x E5-2430v1. The 730 is being filled out with SAS & U.2 SSDs as money allows to serve as fast photo/video storage (TrueNas Scale) and also runs 10-15 VMs. The 420 is running 4x 16TB SAS drives as normal NAS storage (also TN Scale under Proxmox).
- I would like to put a LFF mid-bay kit in the SFF, but I do not know if it will fit. They are only ever discussed in the context of LFF machines. I would love your thoughts on whether this is possible or feasible.
- My goal would be to migrate the 420's drives into it and either shut the 420 down or turn it into an off-site backup machine. I tried to add the 730's 3.5" drives to an external SC200 first, which worked great but was louder and used more power than the R420.
- I am concerned the 2697s would run a little hot with the low-profile heat sinks and drives directly above. I am considering migrating to 2x E5-2650L v4s instead and welcome the wisdom of the group on that. I am also interested in how well the drives will hold up, or whether that is too hot a location for their duraibilty.
The 730 also has two SSDs in the rear flex bay as a pair of mirrored boot drives, if that matters at all in the equation.
Thank you!