Am I getting a good deal on this server? reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Substantial-Pilot-72 · 2023-09-26 14:50 Dell PowerEdge R730XD 2x E5-2699v3 256GB @ 2133 + 24x 600GB 7.2k SAS Drives Got it for $300. Going to use it to learn proxmox and stuff. What do you guys think? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GameHoundsDev · 2023-09-26 15:08 No, you lost a lot of money on it. Il buy it for 250 though so you can recoup some cost. ​ Haha kidding, That is a great deal. Proxmox is amazing hope you have lot of fun learning it with this server. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Substantial-Pilot-72 · 2023-09-26 15:23 Lol thanks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- seniledude · 2023-09-26 15:29 There are 620’s on Amazon for that price with worse ram ---------------------------------------------------------------------- puppetjazz · 2023-09-26 16:43 Got a good deal, have fun! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sophware · 2023-09-26 16:50 If you got a spot for it, where the noise is OK (not than an R730xd is super loud, other than maybe on boot) and heat isn't an issue, nice work. Have a blast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Substantial-Pilot-72 · 2023-09-26 17:14 Thanks! I want to colocate it really bad. I think I might have found a smaller DC that'll do it for like $100. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Acceptable_Moment551 · 2023-09-26 18:16 Avg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ItsPwn · 2023-09-26 18:52 helpfull scrips to get you started with Proxmox sir * https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/ * I recommend Synology VM as nas os ,tutorials online how to install in their wiki : /r/xpenology https://github.com/AuxXxilium/arc/releases ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jovialfaction · 2023-09-26 19:45 It's a good price only if you have use for so much power. This is going to pull probably 300W when idle. At $0.15/kwh that's over $30 a month to run it. You can get a mini PC around this price with a more powerful CPU, 16GB of memory and 500GB of disk that will cost you less than $2/month in electricity ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12_nick_12 · 2023-09-26 19:52 Yes good price, I just paid 450 for a HP 2u with 2x e5-2690 and 128GB RAM shipped. Just to give you an idea. This had 12x empty caddies so drives. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- maxnothing · 2023-09-26 20:26 This is a great deal, however, keep a close eye on your electricity costs. Those arrays/servers can eat a lot. esp if you plan on leaving it on 24x7. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mcc0unt · 2023-09-26 20:42 Alternatively (just found that out) you can install Synology OS as a docker instance (what blew my mind actually) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ha_ku_na · 2023-09-26 20:49 Could you please share a link where to buy one from. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jovialfaction · 2023-09-26 20:58 Look up beelink or miniforums on Amazon. They have a lot of SKUs and they always have some with -20% off or $100 off ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HoundForHire · 2023-09-26 20:58 Yeah I'm curious on what mini pc you're referring to ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ItsPwn · 2023-09-26 21:12 no f way..link ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TinyMicron · 2023-09-26 22:15 Deal is fine :) but power usage and power per watt might not be the best in 2023! Have fun! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mcc0unt · 2023-09-26 23:36 Seems to be easy [as that](https://hub.docker.com/r/kroese/virtual- dsm). Only caveat: you can’t run docker inside the container, which shouldn’t be a deal breaker. The rest should be working as expected as far as I read. Didn’t test it for now though, it’s on „the list“ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eve-collins · 2023-09-26 23:51 That's a lot of drives.. I wonder how much power it will be drawing. Congrats, though, that's still a good machine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jdsmn21 · 2023-09-27 01:47 Curious why you'd want to run Docker inside Synology OS if you're not on a Synology device? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jdsmn21 · 2023-09-27 01:55 Here's an [example](https://slickdeals.net/f/16927918-acemagic- ad15-mini-desktop-pc-intel-i5-12450h-32gb-ddr4-512gb-ssd-357-10-free- shipping?src=SiteSearch) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- vrod1992 · 2023-09-27 02:53 See if you can sell the drives, a single ssd or two would most likely be faster than all of them combined. If you could sell them 24 a pop that’s 240 earned back. But otherwise sounds like s reallly good deal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Edianultra · 2023-09-27 05:19 the drives alone would be worth alot. killer deal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Cuddles1101 · 2023-09-27 05:26 Solid deal, gonna be pretty hot and loud though. As a data center employee I hope you didn't plan to put it in your office. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mcc0unt · 2023-09-27 06:03 Because the packages from Synology are super awesome. You can orchestrate HyperV-Backups, you‘re able to perform Microsoft 365 Backups, you can sync Data between your local environment and different cloud providers, you get a selfhosted mail server alternative and so on ---------------------------------------------------------------------- cycle-nerd · 2023-09-27 06:21 Good deal, just absolute overkill just „to learn Proxmox and stuff“. I know it’s tempting to get your hands on this powerful enterprise gear for cheap, but actually running these huge, loud, power-hungry beasts 24/7 is a different deal. I have a similarly sized Fujitsu machine myself and I am just getting rid of it because I never used it much for aforementioned reasons. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- kmisterk · 2023-09-27 06:40 ## Post Removed Hey, Substantial-Pilot-72! Thanks for your submission on selfhosted. Your post has been removed due to a violation of the purpose of the subreddit: **Self Hosting** ## Not Self-Hosted When it comes to posts regarding applications in this subreddit, they must feature a self-hosted tool, or a tool that *can be* self-hosted, or some kind of related information, help request, or otherwise related to a tool that is something that one can self-host. 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