Looking for a server to host file storage and other services.

Quick eBay and b00m. A Dell T130 with 12TB SAS and 16GB RAM for £50. I’ll be honest I thought it was a scam.

4 x 1TB SAS 4 x 2TB SAS

I have no one else to tell about my excitement. This is now setup with a 2 x gigabit connections to my hom network.

Just eBayed another 12TB in SAS drives and could easily get them for £80.

  • ForceBlade@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I used to think highly specced cheap hardware deals were the best thing on earth until I got used to the electricity bills. Cheaper in the long run these days to build something modern that can chew less idle minimum power.

    • Street-Air-546@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      yeah I know its like wow vintage quality

      (personally having roaring servers would activate my ptsd from pulling floor tiles in a dark data center that is 15c at 3am)

      but yeah the noise and power when you can get a tiny modern nas for not much money that sips power and is near silent and has more space and is probably faster than sas now as well (nvme slots). yeah I kinda get it? but not really.

  • zcomputerwiz@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Very nice! I upgraded the processor and RAM on mine and filled it up with 10tb disks.

    They’re nice servers, and fairly quiet.

  • Yer Ma@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 months ago

    That’s fun, I think I remember those let you install the OS on an SD card on the MB so you don’t have to have a system disk

  • m4nf47@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Bloody bargain, well done mate, I’m quite jealous after spending a fortune on lots of new kit when I probably should’ve looked more at older stuff like this.

  • Erok2112@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    used SAS drives on eBay are also pretty cheap. I picked up 4 6TB SAS drives for like $40US/each a few years ago. I just now have one starting to fail but it as 2400+ hours on it. Oh well.

  • Sufficient-Battle-48@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    That sounds like an incredible deal. I know nothing about how servers work or what they cost, but 12 terabytes is a lot of storage!

  • dedsmiley@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I have the T420. I really like it. It’s quiet and just freaking works. Parts are easy to get. I bought the caster set off eBay so I can push it around and it gets it off the floor a bit. It’s a heavy beast.

  • dontlazerme@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I just picked up a Dell T7910 for $200 USD. 2x 2690 v4 CPUs, 64GB RAM and 4x4TB SAS. So far is seems rock solid

  • IlTossico@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Nice products for tinkering. I suggest to sell it for a higher price and get proper hw for a Nas.