I actually bought both already and need to pick just one. It will be doing file storage for my house (about 8TB currently), it will serve as an NVR for 4 camera's. At a later date I may up it to 6 cameras. And for now it will also do plex media. In the future I may test and deploy various VM's and might experiment with a small SQL database. Overall power consumption is very important to me, I am a watt counter!
Lenovo TS460: (Late 2018 build date)
Xeon E3-1230 V6 4C/8T
8GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM
Onboard Aspeed 2400 AST Server Graphics with 64MB Ram
Room for (4) 3.5" Hard drives currently, and an empty bay for another (4).
Empty M.2 2280 SATA Slot
Lenovo ST250: (Mid 2019 Build Date)
Xeon E2136 6C/12T
8GB DDR EEC UDIMM
Onboard Matrox G200e Server Graphics 16MB Ram
Room for (8) 2.5" Hard Drives and an empty bay for another backplane.
Empty M.2 2240 and 2280 SATA slot.
Has XClarity manager in the uefi firmware as a standard option.
Right away you would say keep the ST250, however I will tell you that when playing around with them the onboard graphics are really bad. It cannot even play a 480 youtube video. The TS460 can play a 720 semi smooth. Also the ST250 has not aftermarket hard drive caddys available, so I would have to insert the drives into the backplane without a caddy as I have no plans to use OEM lenovo drives. the TS460 has plenty of drive caddys avail on amazon and ebay. However the future proofing of firmware updates and the better cpu does make me wonder if the ST250 would be the better option.
Opinions?
Lenovo TS460: (Late 2018 build date)
Xeon E3-1230 V6 4C/8T
8GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM
Onboard Aspeed 2400 AST Server Graphics with 64MB Ram
Room for (4) 3.5" Hard drives currently, and an empty bay for another (4).
Empty M.2 2280 SATA Slot
Lenovo ST250: (Mid 2019 Build Date)
Xeon E2136 6C/12T
8GB DDR EEC UDIMM
Onboard Matrox G200e Server Graphics 16MB Ram
Room for (8) 2.5" Hard Drives and an empty bay for another backplane.
Empty M.2 2240 and 2280 SATA slot.
Has XClarity manager in the uefi firmware as a standard option.
Right away you would say keep the ST250, however I will tell you that when playing around with them the onboard graphics are really bad. It cannot even play a 480 youtube video. The TS460 can play a 720 semi smooth. Also the ST250 has not aftermarket hard drive caddys available, so I would have to insert the drives into the backplane without a caddy as I have no plans to use OEM lenovo drives. the TS460 has plenty of drive caddys avail on amazon and ebay. However the future proofing of firmware updates and the better cpu does make me wonder if the ST250 would be the better option.
Opinions?