I use my R320 as a Plex server and it’s pretty good. Not as power efficient as something newer, but I got it for free, it has lots of RAM so I can run many VMs as well as Plex, and it supports SAS which made getting several inexpensive 8TB drives going in ZFS nice and easy.
I just want to make a small correction for others reading this. The Tx10/Rx10 CAN have a raid controller that doesn’t support larger than 2tb drives, specifically any of the PERC 6 lines. If your Tx10/Rx10 has a PERC H200/H700, you don’t have that 2tb limitation.
Edit: But yes, too old to be worthwhile for anything.
Too old and power hungry at this point. Plus the raid controllers of that generation only support up to 2tb.
Aim for at least a T320 or R320.
I use my R320 as a Plex server and it’s pretty good. Not as power efficient as something newer, but I got it for free, it has lots of RAM so I can run many VMs as well as Plex, and it supports SAS which made getting several inexpensive 8TB drives going in ZFS nice and easy.
I just want to make a small correction for others reading this. The Tx10/Rx10 CAN have a raid controller that doesn’t support larger than 2tb drives, specifically any of the PERC 6 lines. If your Tx10/Rx10 has a PERC H200/H700, you don’t have that 2tb limitation.
Edit: But yes, too old to be worthwhile for anything.
I believe you still are limited to 512k sector size though.