On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 1:32 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > > | From: Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > > | via Seneca: > > Thanks. I always like to hear about this kind of thing. > > | == Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers > | > | - quantity available: 22 units > | - some with 2x dual core processors, others with 1x dual core processor > | - 4GB RAM (8x512MB; only a few have more RAM) > | - some have PERC RAID controllers > | - rack mounting rails included > | - a few fibre channel HBAs may be available > | - limited quantity of sleds for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) drives are > available > | - specs: > https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/2950_specs.pdf > > I think that the newest processors that these could have were > discontinued 10 years ago. And they take a lot of power. For > example, the Xeon X5365 (pure guess at a best case) takes 150W by > itself. > > Beware of noise. Rackmount servers are best kept in server rooms. > > 4GiB RAM is a little light these days, especially for servers. Memory > is FBD (not consumer stuff). There are no free slots. Replacement > memory might well be cheap on ebay or kijiji since it is well past its > prime -- I haven't looked. > > SAS drives are expensive and there's probably not much to recommend > them for our home labs. Consider: 73GB SAS drive for $20 vs. a 120G > SATA SSD for $24.99 (current Newegg.ca sale; $4.99 shipping). I think > that these boxes can only support SATA with an added controller. > ---
I bought one a couple years ago, not quite as cheaply as listed previously though, and can add that it is possible to put a SATA drive into the bays you are limited to a hard 2 TB limit (would guess that its related to 32 bit access somehow). Regards --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk