carl0s Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I've been collecting servers and tape drives lately, and I'm wondering if I've got more than I need. The 'comms room' (shed ) is getting a bit overloaded, and I reckon I don't need half of what I've got, plus the electricity bill is £100/month which I feel is a bit more than I'd like it to be. So, is anybody looking for any of the following, and if so for how much, i.e. would it be worth my while selling, or just waiting until a customer needs a server upgrade ... ? There are two Poweredge machines that I probably don't really need. I think the £99 HP Proliant that I picked up is good enough for me. Poweredge 2900. 5gb RAM Xeon 5050 Dual Core 3GHz, or Xeon 5148 Dual Core 2.33GHz Core-2 based CPU (low power, 45w or something). I haven't tried the 5148 in this machine yet but expect it to work fine. Both CPUs support i-VT (virtualization) and 64-bit. 3x 15,000 rpm 72gb hot plug SAS drives PERC 5 RAID controller, forgot how much cache ram. LTO2 200/400gb tape backup unit. Server 2003 COA I think. Poweredge 2800 3gb RAM Xeon 3.4GHz/2mb L2 Cache. This CPU supports 64-bit but not virtualization. 3x 146gb 10,000rpm SCSI U320 Hotplug SCA disks. PERC4 RAID controller with 256mb RAM/cache. LTO2 200/400gb tape backup unit Server 2003 COA. Either machine can be supplied without the LTO2 drives, or with a DAT72 drive for not a lot IBM Z-something workstation. 2x 3.2GHz Xeon CPUs 3gb RAM 2x 36gb SCSI disks, no hotplug, RAID1 supported. One slightly damaged USB port I would have thought certainly the PE2900 would be worth a reasonable amount. I also have a nice aluminium 5-drive SCA SCSI hotplug bay, which will fit any old case that has three 5.25" bays. Anything of interest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 How much are you thinking... I might raid the piggy bank as I'd like to upgrade my LTSP box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 I have no idea mate. I know what I'd try for if it was an eBay job, and for the 2900 it'd probably be quite a bit.. Are the LTO2 drives of interest or would you be interested without? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted March 22, 2009 Author Share Posted March 22, 2009 Both the Poweredges are dual socket BTW, so if you found a CPU on eBay, plus Dell heatsink and the chassis fans that go alongside the heatsink, you could add those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts