{"id":1497,"date":"2009-01-10T13:02:55","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T17:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2009-01-10T13:02:55","modified_gmt":"2009-01-10T17:02:55","slug":"daily-server-deals-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2009\/01\/10\/daily-server-deals-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Server Deals Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I doubt I&#8217;ll end up following through, but I&#8217;ve been kicking around the idea of getting a cheap used server and shipping it off for colo. eBay has some pretty good deals, below. Pay attention to shipping, though, as servers can be extremely heavy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n    <li>A mere $299 buys <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/HP-Proliant-DL360-G3-2-x-3-2GHz-4GB-2x-73GB-15K-RAID_W0QQitemZ280299254082QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCOMP_EN_Servers?hash=item280299254082&#038;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&#038;_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1309%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50\">this one<\/a>, a 1U Proliant with dual 3.2 GHz Xeons, 4GB RAM, and dual 73 GB SCSI disks at 15K RPM. For my purposes I want something with gobs of disk space, but if you&#8217;re looking for something fast, this might be a good pick.<\/li>\n    <li>A lot of <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/Rackable-Systems-Dual-Opteron-246-HE-10-Piece-Bulk-Lots_W0QQitemZ110335881604QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCOMP_EN_Servers?hash=item110335881604&#038;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&#038;_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50\">10 Dual Opteron Rackable 1Us<\/a>, $1300. The Rackables are 1U boxes that are half-depth, so that you can load 42 in the front and 42 in the back of a standard 42U cabinet. (Might want to think about where all the heat goes before you do that&#8230;) Each of these has dual Opteron 246 processors (2 GHz), 4 GB RAM, and a 120 GB hard drive. Opterons don&#8217;t seem to be the most popular chips, but at $130 each (if you buy 10&#8230;), these are pretty affordable. And from my unusual perspective, it&#8217;s a bonus that it&#8217;s got a standard ATA disk: it&#8217;s easy to plop a 500GB one in. Not sure if there&#8217;s a lot of room for many drives, though.<\/li>\n    <li>$375 with shipping buys <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/CPQ-ProLiant-DL380-G3-Dual-3-06-GHZ-6GB-RAM-6x73GB_W0QQitemZ190275744265QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCOMP_EN_Servers?hash=item190275744265&#038;_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&#038;_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1307%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A2%7C294%3A50\">this Proliant<\/a>, which is 2U with dual 3 GHz Xeons, 6 GB RAM, and 6x 73 GB disks. Plus dual power supplies and onboard RAID. (Though the latter is almost standard on servers like this.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I knew people who wanted to take about eight servers off my hands (at cost, plus shipping), I&#8217;d be tempted to pick up the Rackables. The thing would be more than capable for a decent colo (unless you need RAID or a chip that supports hardware virtualization&#8230;), and would make an insanely awesome home server, whether it&#8217;s a network fileserver (again, unless you count on RAID, which you should for a home <em>fileserver<\/em>), or a ridiculously-overpowered firewall. (Maybe throw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pfsense.org\/\">pfSense<\/a> on it, in which case you can do fancy stuff and even allow VPN access to your home network?)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I doubt I&#8217;ll end up following through, but I&#8217;ve been kicking around the idea of getting a cheap used server and shipping it off for colo. eBay has some pretty good deals, below. 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