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I have about $1200 to spend on 2 boxes and I’d like them to be identical. Very basic web serving, simple HTML5 video, light email serving. Looking around NewEgg, I come across:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA65C1ZT3064

These use ECC unbuffered RAM which is expensive but I did find 8gb sticks for under $70 each:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820613386

I’d still have to add hard drives and more RAM and 2nd GB NICS. I also found out the power supply is non standard so if it goes in order to put in a standard power supply you need an adaptor:
http://www.moddiy.com/products/IBM-Lenovo-PSU-Main-Power-24%252dPin-to-14%252dPin-Adapter-Cable-%2830cm%29.html

I haven’t purchased hardware in 2 years. I could even use a desktop system versus this “server” class. I feel like by time I add more to each box to make it run perhaps there is a better machine to buy?

Anyway if anyone has any advice I’d appreciate it. These are personal funds, I don’t want to make a poor decision.

Jason

5 thoughts on - OT: Would You Purchase This Hardware?

  • @John Pierce (or anyone else who knows):

    Isn’t the iLO access on the HP Microservers restricted once an OS is installed on the device? [0]

    I read somewhere about needing to purchase an iLO license to allow full functionality. I got the impression that the iLO functionality that was available was really only helpful for installing an OS … and not for Serial Over LAN once the OS was installed. (Is that right or wrong?)

    Best I recall the author did not mention anything about a RAC card (so it was not likely that separate part/device).

    [0]
    https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=ILO_TRIALS

  • I have the earlier version Microserver, it doesn’t have any iLO at all, so I dunno what functionality the gen8 provides. At home, iLO wouldn’t be of much use to me.

    I have various REAL Proliant DL servers and I always buy the iLO
    licenses for them, as having a full remote console for a remotely deployed server saves me a LOT of late night trips when things go sideways.

  • iLO would only be useful to me when I’m at work or out of the area and not at home. Realistically at work I do 98% of configuration via SSH (that’s server and router/switch configuration), so who am I kidding I want IPMI on a microserver (for home). :-D

    Dual GigE is nice, but I’d really prefer an Intel NIC! ;-)
    [ Almost all of the gently used Dell server gear my employer has is Broadcom based. Hence the wink smiley. ]

    Right on. I’m somewhat spoiled with all the remote management/configuration that be done via IPMI/SoL.
    ( Which is why I’m asking about the iLO feature set the gen8’s ship with. )

    Thanks for the info John.