Subj : Re: FInally hit a wall...
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : paulie420
Date : Sat Nov 23 2024 17:14:19

 pF> I inherited a couple of Simplivity servers at work based on the 720xd -
 pF> they had a boot flash drive with Simplivity on it and a custom BIOS.
 pF> Flashed the BIOS with a Dell BIOS and put ESXi on them. They were
 pF> monsters - 384 GB of RAM, I don't recall how many cores on 2 CPUs, and
 pF> 12TB of RAID 10.
 pF> 
 pF> I should have asked to take home the R610 or R420s that they replaced,
 pF> but I had nowhere to put them.   :(
 pF> 

Its a fun time to be in the used server market; so long as you live somewhere 
that you can afford to have them running 24/7. I'm stoked that I am! 



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