These were originally built as a VSAN which I plan on replicating once I build a proper home vSphere environment. Each of the 740s have about 12TB raw in them but I’d like to load the 8 empty bays in each, anyone know where I can get a stack of cheap/used 1.8TB 2.5" SAS drives? I care more about capacity compared to speed as I plan on making the 440 a standalone all flash host.

  • CoderStone@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    oh dear, unfortunately it’s 2.5 inches, huh? if only those were 3.5inch models, you’d be much better in luck.

  • RedSquirrelFtw@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Woah that’s a beaut. Do these take regular sata drives though? I find enterprise SANs tend to be super proprietary which makes them unsuitable for home use other than just messing around.

    • sarbuk@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      You’re right about SANs but these are regular servers with regular HBAs or RAID cards. I’m assuming HBAs since it’s used for VMware vSAN, ie glorified software RAID.

  • affilag1@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Are you telling me your work doesn’t use aftermarket support like Parkplace or Service Express on hardware like this after Dells warranty? They offer aftermarket support comparable to Dell Warranty. I mean sheesh, gratz and what a great set of hardware but I’m surprised and obviously slightly jealous. lol

  • powerbird101@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Dang, what are you storing data for? Oil? Aliens? The NSA? That is insane and yet… I WANT IT! 👀

  • Tibbles_G@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    We have an entire VDI cluster at the office right not that has been turned off for the 2 years I’ve been there, and I’m just waiting for the chance to take 2 or 3 of them home.

  • AdderallBuyersClub2@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Recently picked up from ebay a ln HP StoreVirtual 3200 with 10gb controllers for the low low price of $300. Controllers alone are worth way more than that.

  • ThatDopamine@alien.topOPBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Can we not edit posts in this sub? I was gonna post internal/rear pics but I don’t seem to have that option 🤔

  • BloodyIron@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    If you care about capacity over performance then IMO you should explore consumer SATA SSDs. At the capacity per device you’re seeking you’re going to be spending more going with SAS for that level of capacity.

    I just looked at one of my lower priced sources of second hand SAS SSDs and it’s over $200/ea (USD) for 1.6TB and in contrast the NEW 2TB SATA 2.5" SSDs from well known brands are about $120/ea (USD).

    Also, unless you plan on using interfaces at or greater than 100gbps (as in NICs/equivalent) then you really will see zero value in going with SAS SSDs at all (unless PLP is a hard requirement for you, of course).

    Slap TrueNAS on that and go fasssssssssst IMO ;)

    Also, why no back pics and internals, etc??? CMONNN POST FEEET SERVER PORN XD

  • vagrantprodigy07@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I wish my company let us take anything home. Instead everything gets sent to a recycler, with no option for us to even buy it.

  • TechLevelZero@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I found, fully working and in warranty a dell r340 for £210 on eBay about a year ago.

    I then sold it 6 months later, probably the only gf approved thing Iv bought for the lab… the car I bought with said money was definitely not gf approved oops