Parallelminer getting cheap on the IX2, 10x disc less $175

[mikeford]

(Lot of 10) Lenovo EMC IX2 DL Network Attached Storage Diskless

(Lot of 10) Lenovo EMC IX2 DL Network Attached Storage Diskless - %

www.parallelminer.com

Haven't snooped the site in awhile, so looking around today. 10 of the IX2-DL for $175 seems crazy cheap.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Hot dang. If I had more clients, I would get a lot of those, throw in some 3-4TB enterprise pull drives in a mirror, and set them up with Macrium Reflect Free's automatic backup scheduler over the network to the NAS.

 

[mikeford]

If you can think of an immediate use for 3 or 4, eventually the rest will get used, especially if you want to offer those clients some kind of warranty or service contract.

 

[BenJeremy]

$17.50 each? That's cheaper than a regular enclosure, without the great NAS features. Wow. These should accept up to 8TB drives (IX series is limited to 16TB volumes), possibly up to 16TB drives, if used in a mirror array (any combination maxes out usable space at 16TB)

 

[VirtualLarry]

16TB WD Gold HDD, $527 @ Newegg:

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Kind of contrast between the price of 2x of those drives, versus the NAS to hold them, LOL.

 

[BenJeremy]

16TB WD Gold HDD, $527 @ Newegg:

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www.newegg.com

Kind of contrast between the price of 2x of those drives, versus the NAS to hold them, LOL.

Yikes, but an 8TB Hitachi from a server farm (an excellent budget choice) will run around $110~130 each. $270ish is a pretty decent price for a 16TB NAS or an 8TB mirrored NAS. A 2-bay drive is not a bad setup for an IX system, given the limitation on the volume size.

...as long as you run them in a cool environment (my servers are in my basement) - out of sight, out of hearing, and keeping cool.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Someone post up some 8TB HDDs for sale cheap; I may go for a lot of these (I must be crazy!)....$17.50 ea...

 

[BenJeremy]

Someone post up some 8TB HDDs for sale cheap; I may go for a lot of these (I must be crazy!)....$17.50 ea...

Yeah, I'm crazy too. I won't have any drives to put in them (well, I do have a ton of 2TB drives sitting around here), but I bought a lot. I can flip three of these on ebay and get my money back, and still have 7 boxes. Looks like they sell on ebay for around $74+shipping, new (and discless sold out, no less, at that price)

 

[VirtualLarry]

Ok, yeah, I'm crazy (*), I just ordered a lot. Your purchase (and their diminishing stock number) pushed me over the edge. I don't know if I'll go the ebay route to selling a few, but I'm hopeful that perhaps I can sell a few locally.

Someone on here was asking about a cheap NAS unit too.

Edit: Yeah, I have a whole bunch (like 12, but one is bad) 2TB Hitachi drives sitting around here, too.

(*) Edit: Slight clarification. i was told by a mental-health professional today, that knows me, that I'm NOT "crazy", but rather, impulsive. Or as I like to call it, "the Hot Deal reflex".

 

[BenJeremy]

Heh... just bought a second lot (one left in stock, still). I figure I can flip 10, and stock the rest. My youngest son will probably use 2 of them, my oldest could use one for his family. I have some friends who could probably use a decent NAS.

I should also mention that this has a USB 2.0 port (the 4 bay units also have a 3.0 port), and it is handy to throw external drives on, and easily share them on your network. It won't be fast, but not any slower than hooking it up to a PC.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Look under their "SHLOT1" and "SHLOT2" categories. There's a 1200W Seasonic PLATINUM PSU, for $140.05! I bought a few of those.

 

[Steltek]

Look under their "SHLOT1" and "SHLOT2" categories. There's a 1200W Seasonic PLATINUM PSU, for $140.05! I bought a few of those.

They are out of stock. If you didn't get a cancellation, then you probably got the only ones available.

 

[VirtualLarry]

you probably got the only ones available.

So, it seems that I did. Whoops. Lucky me, I guess?

 

[Steltek]

So, it seems that I did. Whoops. Lucky me, I guess?

Yep. You got a really good deal there, as you aren't going to find a quality 1200W power supply ANYWHERE at that price....

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yep. You got a really good deal there, as you aren't going to find a quality 1200W power supply ANYWHERE at that price....

Yep, I thought it was a pretty good deal, hence why I bought several, for each of my main rigs.

Thanks again to the OP, I wouldn't have been checking their site if it wasn't for this thread.

Edit: Got a call from PM, only one left in stock to ship. Oh well, looks like the mining rig is getting an upgrade, and my main PCs will have to make do with 750W Antec Gold and 650W EVGA Gold PSUs.

 

[VirtualLarry]

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Will these 6TB He8 drives fit in an IX2-DL? They have different mounting holes on the side, and the drive rails clamp onto the sides.
They are $114.99.

 

[Steltek]

WDC HGST HE8 documentation

Maybe this will help. The drive mounts using #6-32 UNC screws.

 

[BenJeremy]

Ok, yeah, I'm crazy, I just ordered a lot. Your purchase (and their diminishing stock number) pushed me over the edge. I don't know if I'll go the ebay route to selling a few, but I'm hopeful that perhaps I can sell a few locally.

Someone on here was asking about a cheap NAS unit too.

Edit: Yeah, I have a whole bunch (like 12, but one is bad) 2TB Hitachi drives sitting around here, too.

I get my two orders tomorrow. Odd, but FedEx says the size is 16"x16"x16" - that seems awfully small for 10 of these. I hope they are packed in the original boxes.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I get my two orders tomorrow. Odd, but FedEx says the size is 16"x16"x16" - that seems awfully small for 10 of these. I hope they are packed in the original boxes.

Hmm, they did say "bulk pack" on the listing, so I highly doubt that they will come retail-boxed. Sorry if you were expecting that.

I have copies of the firmware, so I'm just looking at drive options.

For pricing comparisons, Newegg has the WD Ultra 2-bay 4TB (pre-assembled) for $299-ish. I presume that's 2x2TB HDDs. Although, that would be "new".

Edit: My shipment also says 16"x16"x16", 35lbs. Seems heavy enough to contain 10?

Maybe get an OEM crate of like 20 of these? $33.50 ea. shipped, could probably e-mail goHardDrive or msg them on ebay to create a private sale for you or maybe they offer bulk lots. I'm guessing $30 ea. in bulk, maybe less? $600?

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Profit potential is there, if you can find customers. Look at the price on this 4TB WD Ultra NAS @ Newegg.

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Roughly $300 for new. Buying 2x 2TB refurb Hitachi 7K2000 / 7K3000 HDDs from goHardDrive for $33.50 ea., that's $67 + $17.50 for NAS, or ~$85 cost.

Edit: Or a 3TB Hitachi server pull / refurb for $37.99 from TDT Technologies on Newegg.

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Edit: On Newegg, stepping up to a refurb/pull Hitachi 4TB, jumps up the price to start at around $62. That's talking "real $$$" to outlay for 2x of those for the NAS.

For comparison, here's the 8TB WD Ultra EX2 MyCloud for around $400.

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[BenJeremy]

Hmm, they did say "bulk pack" on the listing, so I highly doubt that they will come retail-boxed. Sorry if you were expecting that.

I have copies of the firmware, so I'm just looking at drive options.

For pricing comparisons, Newegg has the WD Ultra 2-bay 4TB (pre-assembled) for $299-ish. I presume that's 2x2TB HDDs. Although, that would be "new".

Edit: My shipment also says 16"x16"x16", 35lbs. Seems heavy enough to contain 10?

Maybe get an OEM crate of like 20 of these? $33.50 ea. shipped, could probably e-mail goHardDrive or msg them on ebay to create a private sale for you or maybe they offer bulk lots. I'm guessing $30 ea. in bulk, maybe less? $600?

Are you a human?

www.newegg.com

Profit potential is there, if you can find customers. Look at the price on this 4TB WD Ultra NAS @ Newegg.

Are you a human?

www.newegg.com

Roughly $300 for new. Buying 2x 2TB refurb Hitachi 7K2000 / 7K3000 HDDs from goHardDrive for $33.50 ea., that's $67 + $17.50 for NAS, or ~$85 cost.

Edit: Or a 3TB Hitachi server pull / refurb for $37.99 from TDT Technologies on Newegg.

Are you a human?

www.newegg.com

Edit: On Newegg, stepping up to a refurb/pull Hitachi 4TB, jumps up the price to start at around $62. That's talking "real $$$" to outlay for 2x of those for the NAS.

For comparison, here's the 8TB WD Ultra EX2 MyCloud for around $400.

Are you a human?

www.newegg.com

Yeah, 4TB drives seem to be the best price point, before $/TB starts getting higher. They can be had on ebay slightly cheaper, but you have to be careful with the selection, since there are a lot of SAS drives for sale there.

 

[mikeford]

I'm basically happy with the 4TB hgst drives I bought for about $52 ea in qty 6. All passed long format, only ran long diag on some, but those were fine. Other than noisey, no issues so far with any.

 

[BenJeremy]

My shipment was supposed to arrive yesterday, but got stuck in 4 hours away in Chicago all day. Now it says I won't get them until Tuesday, WTF, FedEx?

I need to get a bunch of them flipped.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I'm sorry that happened to you, @BenJeremy . I was going ask last night (presuming that you received your order) how they were packed, and if they got there safely.

Weird that it won't get there until Tues., mine are scheduled to show up Mon.

Edit: You planning on flipping yours, with or without drives, or both? I was thinking "With drives", because it seems like the profit potential is higher, but the cost is higher too, and then you may have to worry about warranting the drives against failure for some period, if they purchase it from you.

I'm hopeful that I might be able to call up some prior clients and friends, and try to get them all to pay me something to set them up with a "backup server NAS" on their network, that will be basically a "set it and forget it" backup solution for Windows 10.

 

[Jimminy]

I don't have a NAS. What am I missing?

I use macrium reflect and make a drive image about once a month. I use 2.5 inch drives in external cases. Not the best and fastest, but so far they work OK. Takes less than 10 min.

I don't have super fast network.

What is the advantage of these expensive NAS systems? Are they only for backing up huge amounts of data, like bunches of movies or game stuff?

 

[BenJeremy]

I don't have a NAS. What am I missing?

I use macrium reflect and make a drive image about once a month. I use 2.5 inch drives in external cases. Not the best and fastest, but so far they work OK. Takes less than 10 min.

I don't have super fast network.

What is the advantage of these expensive NAS systems? Are they only for backing up huge amounts of data, like bunches of movies or game stuff?

Network drives are nice to stash a lot of data - and share it out to anything on your home network. For me, it's media files for Smart TVs, Android boxes, etc... Also I have a number of PCs in my household. It's the same advantage to having a networked printer.

I'm sorry that happened to you, @BenJeremy . I was going ask last night (presuming that you received your order) how they were packed, and if they got there safely.

Weird that it won't get there until Tues., mine are scheduled to show up Mon.

Edit: You planning on flipping yours, with or without drives, or both? I was thinking "With drives", because it seems like the profit potential is higher, but the cost is higher too, and then you may have to worry about warranting the drives against failure for some period, if they purchase it from you.

I'm hopeful that I might be able to call up some prior clients and friends, and try to get them all to pay me something to set them up with a "backup server NAS" on their network, that will be basically a "set it and forget it" backup solution for Windows 10.

Flipping them driveless. They've been selling for $74+ shipping diskless, and sold out on ebay. I can sell half of my units (10) and make twice my investment back. It should be an easy flip.

I need to get them in before I can determine shipping charges on an ebay listing. I think most sellers were adding $11.99 for shipping.