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Designed for 32nm quad-core Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 and dual-core Intel® Core™i3-2100 processors, the RS100-X7 provides leading edge computing capabilities.
The RS100-X7 is built with a chassis that's only 15in. deep, saving space and increasing per-rack data center computing density. In addition, there are two 3.5in. hard drives inside to support RAID 0 and 1.
The single 250W 80 PLUS power supply reduces power loss and consumption, and leads to lower energy bills. ASUS intelligent fan control technology optimizes total fan power and noise levels to create a pleasant working environment.
The RS100-X7 offers Windows® RST and LSI® Mega RAID compatibility for extra-reliable data protection.
With dual PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet, the RS100-X7 is capable of higher bandwidth aggregation and more reliable networking based on failover and load balance functions.
Pros: I have 15 of these running VOIP and have never had a moment of issue with these running Linux. (Suse, RHEL, Ubuntu) Rock solid performance. Tech support has always handled all of my issues and gone above and beyond expectations..
Cons: If you fail 2 post with these I would almost guarantee it is a BIOS version issue.. I had an office I was setting up with TS100's (same motherboard but 4U case, newegg was out of the RS100's) and the BIOS's where older versions and all servers failed to POST because the CPU was much newer than the BIOS. ASUS support offered to regular mail me 5 bios chips for free.. I needed 5 so I convinced them since I had 5 chips to overnight them for free and it really didn't take much arm twisting she just had to talk to her boss.
Overall Review: The kingston 8gb ram kit Newegg #N82E16820139262 works GREAT in these. I burn in with memtest86 for 24-48 hours and have never had an issue. With 15 RS100-X7's and 5 TS100's (same motherboard) running various applications in several remote offices I have yet (knock on wood) to experience even the slightest hardware issue once the systems are up and running. As far as the DVD Tray comments go if you want a DVD version of this server order the ASUS RS100-E7/PI2 its the same server with a DVD-RW. Don't complain that you were too cheap to spend the money on a DVD in the first place. I just wish newegg carried spare power supplies for these just in case. As far as the Windows Server 2012 reviews go I didn't realize we where blaming hardware manufactures for Microsoft's shooty programming. Either way if you need server 2012 lookup ASUS support and ask them they actually answer the phone. They might have a BIOS by now that fixes whatever Microsoft broke.