HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 X3216, 8GB-U, 4LFF, non-hot-pluggable, SATA, 200W power supply, 1J VOS entry-level server

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With random 4K read, the HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus started at 20,706 IOPS at only 143.3µs latency. The MicroServer stayed under 1ms until about 160K IOPS and peaked at 193,648 IOPS at a latency of 2.63ms. Our energy supplier is working towards using 100% renewable electricity and is a Principal Partner of COP26

Here’s a video of us installing the drives and Mellanox card, along with setting up the server in ESXi. In our HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 review, we are splitting the hardware overview into two parts. First, we are going to look at the general purpose server hardware. We are then going to focus on the storage-centric aspects of the server. The ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 is a storage-focused box so we wanted to align our review along that axis. HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Hardware Overview The MicroServer finished our SQL tests with sub-millisecond latency with a peak of 149,358 IOPS at a latency of 642.7µs in our SQL 80-20 before falling off a bit. you want to compare embeds like top routers Nighhawk, WRT32, ok, they eat just a bit less energy but 4 to 10x slower performance on all ciphers – cant serve more than 1 user

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Our next set of tests are our SQL workloads: SQL, SQL 90-10, and SQL 80-20. Starting with SQL, the MicroSever was able to perform at sub-millisecond latency throughout peaking at 196,799 IOPS at a latency of 639µs.

HPE IT investment solutions help you transform into a digital business with IT economics that aligns with your business goals. Our readers will likely see these as a middle ground between using Intel i210/ i340 NICs and using lower quality Realtek NICs which cost pennies in a bill of materials. In this class of server, the Broadcom BCM5720 solution is more than acceptable. HPE ProLiant Microserver Gen10 Motherboard OverviewOur next local-storage application benchmark consists of a Percona MySQL OLTP database measured via SysBench. This test measures average TPS (Transactions Per Second), average latency, and average 99th percentile latency as well. HPE supports the Pentium G5420 with a 3.8GHz frequency, 2 cores, 4MB L3 cache and support for 2400MT/s RAM. There’s also a more powerful option in the Xeon E-2224 with a 3.4GHz frequency, 4 cores, 8MB L3 cache and support for 2666MT/s RAM. For RAM, there are two DDR UDIMM slots with official support up to 32GB total. The other big change here is that by moving to an Intel-based solution, HPE can use its S100i firmware and integration with its management tools instead of using the Marvell SATA RAID solution. That is still software RAID for those using VMware, however, it also means one can use HPE’s provisioning tools with the Intel PCH-based RAID. One can also use the PCIe Gen3 x16 slot to add a higher-end hardware RAID controller. MicroServer Gen10 Plus v Gen10 Side Views

On the topic of CPUs, we are going to have benchmarks of the MicroServer with both the Pentium G5420 and the Intel Xeon E-2224 but we can say the CPU performance is several times that of the older MicroServer Gen10. This is a huge upgrade. HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 And Plus Motherboards Side By SideBasic RAID is provided by the embedded Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 controller, which supports software-managed stripes and mirrors. You can upgrade to fast SAS3 storage as the Gen10 Plus supports HPE’s Smart Array E208i-p SR Gen10 PCI-E adapter which also brings RAID5 arrays into the storage equation. HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus review: Maintenance and expansion For 64K write the MicroServer ran up until about 27K IOPS again (or about 1.7GB/s) until going over 1ms. It peaked there and dropped over rather dramatically afterward.

At the time with thermal profile was captured, the system fan was dynamically set to just 18%. With our system having flash inside and no hard drives, we really only heard a mild whirring from the server. Noise might rank slightly above a traditional desktop, but it was a softer fan noise than say a notebook running under full load that had a small fan cranking up in speed. Performance

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We are going to focus on some of the different parts of the HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus. If you are interested in a specific area, feel free to skip ahead scrolling through pictures and subheadings. We are going to keep the MicroServer Gen10 on the left side of these photos and the MicroServer Gen10 Plus on the right side. MicroServer Gen10 Plus v Gen10 Front We wanted to point out a few key features. There is still a USB 2.0 Type-A internal port. We wish this could have been a USB 3 port but this is the same as the previous generation. HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 Plus Internal USB Type A With the single fan, some questions came up on how well the system maintained airflow and cooling under load. During our Sysbench test with the CPU nearly maxed and a heavy storage I/O load, we captured a screenshot through iLO showing the system thermal layout. Upon unboxing the HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10, one will immediately notice a diminutive stature. The entire unit is 9.25″ x 9.06″ x 10.00″. Finished in a matte material, one gets the updated HPE logo and two front panel USB 3.0 ports. The top of the unit has a slim optical drive bay, however we suspect most people will use it for a SSD if at all. HPE ProLiant Microserver Gen10 Front On the topic of bombshells, one may have noticed the heatsink difference. The new MicroServer Gen10 Plus has a much larger heatsink with copper heat pipes to aid in cooling. While the Gen10 used an AMD Opteron SoC with up to 35W TDP, the new MicroServer Gen10 Plus uses Intel CPUs with TDPs up to 71W officially. HPE ProLiant MicroServer Gen10 And Plus Heatsinks