Just bought two dual servers for home...

[Garet Jax]

I just bought two Dell PowerEdge 2300 servers from a guy on ebay. I got two dual P III 450s with 1GB of RAM and 3X9.1 GB HDs. They will be running in RAID 5. It cost me $490 shipped. I have never had duals before so I am very excited.

My existing file server is on the fritz and I needed to replace it. I will be selling my laptop to pay for the servers. I may keep the second to use to run my website (replacing the existing server) or I might sell it on ebay and put the extra money into a patio set. Will probably depend on what I get for my laptop...

They should come tomorrow...

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

yup.

 

[loup garou]

Wow 500 bucks for those 2 servers shipped is a great deal.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: werk
Wow 500 bucks for those 2 servers shipped is a great deal.

I think so too. I negotiated with him for a while and buying the second one was what dropped the price so substantially. I think I could probably get $250-$300 + shipping on ebay for one of them.

PS - They weigh around 60lbs so shipping is not cheap.

 

[skace]

9.1 GB 10k SCSIs? That is a real nice deal either way.

 

[halik]

good deal,
i just bought a powermac g4 500mhz to replace my sun ultra 10 fileserver

Dont forget to compile SMP into your kernel...if you run linux anyway

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: skace
9.1 GB 10k SCSIs? That is a real nice deal either way.

I am not sure what their RPMs are: I wouldn't be surprised if they are only 7200.

 

[Garet Jax]

No one but me cares

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: Garet Jax
No one but me cares

True.

 

[thomsbrain]

i think i'd rather just use network attached storage than run an entire computer for that stuff. but to each his own!

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: Garet Jax
No one but me cares

Send me the spare server and I would care too.

What laptop are you selling?

 

[BatmanNate]

How much cache on the P3's? Were they Xeons? I've always had a soft spot for SMP. I have a Quad CPU Proliant 5000 that I rescued from Boeing Surplus and restored to its full glory.

 

[XZeroII]

Imagine your power bill going UP UP UP!

 

[Stark]

um, what's there to be excited about? You haven't told us what you're going to do with them!

if all you plan to do with them is resell them, big deal. now if you're going to turn them into the ultimate atot game server or some uber cool cold fusion super webserver, good for you!

 

[halik]

what OS are you planning on running on those things? Linux is the way to go!

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: halik
what OS are you planning on running on those things? Linux is the way to go!

of course windows...its da bawmb!

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
Imagine your power bill going UP UP UP!

not as much as you'd think. Just turn the AC up one degree and you've more than made up the difference.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain
i think i'd rather just use network attached storage than run an entire computer for that stuff. but to each his own!

Maybe that's true, but I'm a software guy trying to learn a little hardware on the side. I wouldn't even know where to start with network storage.

I have at least worked a little with 2300s before.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: manlyWhat laptop are you selling?

It is a dell inspiron 3800. It is actually very nicely configured, but I am going to piece it out. I think I can get more money that way and my motherboard is broken and I don't want to buy a new one.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
How much cache on the P3's? Were they Xeons? I've always had a soft spot for SMP. I have a Quad CPU Proliant 5000 that I rescued from Boeing Surplus and restored to its full glory.

No idea on the cache and they probably they probably aren't Xeons. I doubt the 2300 could even support one.

Cool on the quad thing.

 

[Garet Jax]

Originally posted by: halik
what OS are you planning on running on those things? Linux is the way to go!

Will be running Windows NT 4.0 Server (file server and domain controller) on one and probably a version of linux (firewall and webserver) that supports duals on the other.

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: Garet Jax

Originally posted by: halik
what OS are you planning on running on those things? Linux is the way to go!

Will be running Windows NT 4.0 Server (file server and domain controller) on one and probably a version of linux (firewall and webserver) that supports duals on the other.

We no longer envy you.

 

[Twista]

Originally posted by: manly

Originally posted by: Garet Jax

Originally posted by: halik
what OS are you planning on running on those things? Linux is the way to go!

Will be running Windows NT 4.0 Server (file server and domain controller) on one and probably a version of linux (firewall and webserver) that supports duals on the other.

We no longer envy you.

maybe thats the only server os he has and he doesnt want to illegally obtain an os ;p