2nd hand servers...

Dr. Z · 30-07-2008, 23:54

Alreet guys, I know all about eBay and servers, but this isn't for my personal use and so I need to be both a bit more discerning with spec and definitely price : performance as its not my money!

Basically, the brief is that I need to buy as many servers as I can for £800 but they must all be capable of running in a highish load environment. Talking about encoding streams for bandwidths upwards of 200mbit constantly, handling various other bespoke software and general stuff like web and mail servers.

I've arrived at a rough spec of a dual 3GHz Xeon 2U box with a couple of scsi drives of at least 36Gb with a reasonable raid controller and an absolute bare minimum of 2Gb RAM - these boxes will be running VMWare ESX.

Anyone know of some end-of-cycle stuff going at their places of employment?

Burble · 31-07-2008, 07:29

I'll have a look when I'm in the office this afternoon but I think all our EOL kit has been sent off for recycling already.

Daz · 31-07-2008, 11:47

If this is for business, wont you have a problem finding kit matching the ESX hardware compatibility list? Support can be a bit funny about that.

Our next lot of EOL stuff wont be until next year unfortunately.

[edit]Unless of course you're gonna use 3i (which is now free), in which case ignore the first comment

Burble · 31-07-2008, 12:15

As I thought all our old crud is already gone. The only things I have left over are a few SPARC CPU's from an E450 but I think at least one of them is dead anyway.

Dr. Z · 31-07-2008, 19:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daz

If this is for business, wont you have a problem finding kit matching the ESX hardware compatibility list? Support can be a bit funny about that.

Our next lot of EOL stuff wont be until next year unfortunately.

[edit]Unless of course you're gonna use 3i (which is now free), in which case ignore the first comment

Its for shock, I'm just sick of administering old, ailing bodged together desktop PCs.

Two servers running ESX (which the spec I am aiming at will run fine!) and some SAN with VMotion or similar is the way forward.

30-07-2008, 23:54	#1
Dr. Z I'm going for a scuttle... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,021	2nd hand servers... Alreet guys, I know all about eBay and servers, but this isn't for my personal use and so I need to be both a bit more discerning with spec and definitely price : performance as its not my money! Basically, the brief is that I need to buy as many servers as I can for £800 but they must all be capable of running in a highish load environment. Talking about encoding streams for bandwidths upwards of 200mbit constantly, handling various other bespoke software and general stuff like web and mail servers. I've arrived at a rough spec of a dual 3GHz Xeon 2U box with a couple of scsi drives of at least 36Gb with a reasonable raid controller and an absolute bare minimum of 2Gb RAM - these boxes will be running VMWare ESX. Anyone know of some end-of-cycle stuff going at their places of employment? __________________

31-07-2008, 11:47	#3
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	If this is for business, wont you have a problem finding kit matching the ESX hardware compatibility list? Support can be a bit funny about that. Our next lot of EOL stuff wont be until next year unfortunately. [edit]Unless of course you're gonna use 3i (which is now free), in which case ignore the first comment __________________ apt-get moo

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31-07-2008, 07:29	#2
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	I'll have a look when I'm in the office this afternoon but I think all our EOL kit has been sent off for recycling already.

31-07-2008, 12:15	#4
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	As I thought all our old crud is already gone. The only things I have left over are a few SPARC CPU's from an E450 but I think at least one of them is dead anyway.