Subj : Re: Finally on a PI
To   : paulie420
From : claw
Date : Thu Oct 02 2025 10:26 am

On 29 Sep 2025, paulie420 said the following...
 pa> Mail on my BBS is best - the Dell r330 is a better machine, but it
 pa> maxxed out @  64GB RAM. It has a better Xeon CPU, but the damn r320 can
 pa> take up to... oh gosh; 192GB RAM??? And I upgraded its CPU to a better
 pa> one... heres some info about both:
 pa> 

I will try to get time this weekend to do the research and let you know for sure.  

 pa> Dell r330
 pa> 64GB RAM DDR4
 pa> Intel Xeon E3-1280v5 4core/8thread
 pa> 8 2.5" HDD bays
 pa> 
 pa> Dell r320
 pa> 128GB RAM DDR3
 pa> Intel Xeon E5-2470v2 10core/20thread
 pa> 

The r320 would be a better fit by the looks of it.  I have 6 1.2TB  2.5" 10.  If it uses DDR3 I have 192G of that.  More COREs is better for me even if its overall slower.  That allows for more headroom.  

 pa> ... so its kinda funny, the older 3 series is almost the better machine
 pa> IMO. I paid $350 for the r330 - but that was WITH 2xSAS 6xSATA 1TB
 pa> HDDs... I paid $50 for the r320, and added some 128GB RAM for I dunno -
 pa> $130 or something.
 pa> 

I would be intrested in the r320 just becasue of the amount of COREs.  I'm used to 64 COREs and 192G.  Going to have to stop some servers for now and if I can at least get the BBS running fully, my Foundry servers for my DND and Rifts campaigns, and the Nextcloud server I would be happy.  Those are the essential servers I like to have going.  

 pa> But I've used the r330 for 2-3 years... the r320 has been chugging along
 pa> as my Proxmox/TrueNAS SCALE NAS for around a year. I don't know market
 pa> value, BUT if either of these 1U servers is up yer alley I'd give you a
 pa> better than 'market' friend deal - I just dunno if shipping would cost
 pa> too much to make it worthwhile; I forget what I paid in shipping for the
 pa> r330 - it came from Ohio and I think I remember it being less than $100,
 pa> but don't remember...
 pa> 

I'm in Baldwin, MN 55371.  Should be able to estimate shipping with that.  I will try to get free time to get on your board this weekend. Let me know the cost so I can save up for it.  

 pa> I love cloudninjas.com for decent used server hardware - anyway, if
 pa> either of those I have is something you wanna think about just lemme
 pa> know. The r330 is great, its just that Dell changed the RAM that year
 pa> and... I can't figure out why.
 pa> 
 pa> pAULIE42o
 pa> .........

I checked out that site good to know.  Didn't see anything cheaper than $500 though.  Guessing you have to watch for the older used stuff.

Thanks again Paulie! Your awesome!  Just need to get you HAM licensed. I'll get you your first radio if you do! :D

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