Subj : Re: proxmox server hardware
To   : paulie420
From : Granville Errol Casey, Jr
Date : Tue Aug 27 2024 18:06:46

  Re: Re: proxmox server hardware
  By: paulie420 to MeaTLoTioN on Sun Aug 25 2024 08:31 pm

 Me>> You can pick up old Dell R620's on eBay fairly reasonably nowadays, and
 Me>> could build yourself a good rack for not too much, I like Dell's as the
 Me>> iDRAC is imho the best remote maintenance system on servers I've used.
 Me>> Dell's are robust, and you could do a lot worse.

 pa> I also love the Dell Poweredge platform. I'd suggest r330 - r730xd's as a
 pa> baseline for whats 'really usable' in 2o24, but I've been surprised by how
 pa> well a r320 runs my NAS - in fact, the 11th gen r320 has a few options
 pa> that are BETTER than the 12th gen r330; they can accept 192GB RAM instead
 pa> of the 12th gen 64GB limit - the max CPU is only $20-30 on eBay - 10
 pa> cores/20 threads - more than the r330...

 pa> So I guess the rx20 series ARE still very usable - but the step to 12th
 pa> gen does bring more CPU and faster RAM. Both are fairly doable from a
 pa> price standpoint - I am drooling for a Dell r730xd - 12 3.5" bays, but I
 pa> wonder if the r720xd offers more RAM and cheaper components much like the
 pa> r320/r330 does.

You have an amazing setup with all these dell servers. I bought a T1000 Solaris 









































































































Server on ebay. It worked but man I couldn't use it because of the FAN. It 
would only shutoff during power reset, and come right back on 100% almost all 
the time. The firmware didn't support changing speed until later versions. That 









































































































CPU had lots of cores like 128 !

I eventually just put it at the street to be trashed.

I don't have room for a rack, nor rack server. Would be scare of above event 
also. I see the prices are reasonable. I wonder if a NUC or small box like a 
NUC could be used with 32G to start off with proxbox, and then by another box 
when more ram or storage was needed for more vms, and allow clustering.

I think at 32G NUC is like 500-600 at bit more pricey than the used hardware 
you are recommending; I appreciate the input and will keep the emails in case I 









































































































change my mind about "rack server".  

Still in the negoitation stage with my money manager (wife) LOL
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