I have two PowerEdge 1950 Gen II servers with dual E5335 processors (firmware up-to-date) and I would like to ask for recommendations to upgrade the processors with compliant processors that are capable of power on demand from the bios.

Also, I would like to run the OS from a SD card and leave the drive bays exclusively for data. I read about Dell's Internal Dual SD Module but from reviews, I am not sure that this is a reliable option. Thought of going external or else replace the DVD drive.