KennyX

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Hi LTT Members, I decided to buy a server: My budget: 350 USD Server will be used for: pfsense, plex, pihole OS that will run on it: Proxmox with containers for above services I decided to go on Dell Poweredge R710 (Refurbished) I found 2 servers in my country (Romania) from a local retailer with the following configuration: First one: Price: 270USD Config: CPU: 2 x Intel QUAD Core Xeon L5520 2.26GHz 4C/8T (2.48GHz Turbo, 8MB Cache) RAM: 32 GB DDR3 ECC (8 x 4GB) HDD: 6 x 146GB HDD SAS 15k RAID Controller: PERC 6i PSU: 870W Warranty: 24 Months Second one: Price: 340USD Config: CPU: 2 x Intel HEXA Core Xeon X5650 2.66GHz 6C/12T (3.06GHz Turbo, 12MB Cache) RAM: 32 GB DDR3 ECC (8 x 4GB) HDD: 2 x 1 TB HDD SATA (7.2k) RAID Controller: PERC 6i PSU: 870W Warranty: 24 Months I have the following questions: 1: The above servers are refurbished with warranty, they are probably brought from the west of Europe, they are from 2010-2011 ie they have 9 years old, will they work well after 9 years or will they start to broke the components on them? I never bought refurbished and I don't know what to think about it. 2: I was thinking of buying the first 4c / 8t variant, considering what I will use, do you think that is enough for what I need? 3: What will be the power consumption for the above configurations? 4: What you think about Dell Poweredge R710 ? 5: Can I found a better deal with that budget maybe something newer ? Any advice will be welcome

Hi LTT Members, I decided to buy a server: My budget: 350 USD Server will be used for: pfsense, plex, pihole OS that will run on it: Proxmox with containers for above services I decided to go on Dell Poweredge R710 (Refurbished) I found 2 servers in my country (Romania) from a local retailer with the following configuration: First one: Price: 270USD Config: CPU: 2 x Intel QUAD Core Xeon L5520 2.26GHz 4C/8T (2.48GHz Turbo, 8MB Cache) RAM: 32 GB DDR3 ECC (8 x 4GB) HDD: 6 x 146GB HDD SAS 15k RAID Controller: PERC 6i PSU: 870W Warranty: 24 Months Second one: Price: 340USD Config: CPU: 2 x Intel HEXA Core Xeon X5650 2.66GHz 6C/12T (3.06GHz Turbo, 12MB Cache) RAM: 32 GB DDR3 ECC (8 x 4GB) HDD: 2 x 1 TB HDD SATA (7.2k) RAID Controller: PERC 6i PSU: 870W Warranty: 24 Months I have the following questions: 1: The above servers are refurbished with warranty, they are probably brought from the west of Europe, they are from 2010-2011 ie they have 9 years old, will they work well after 9 years or will they start to broke the components on them? I never bought refurbished and I don't know what to think about it. 2: I was thinking of buying the first 4c / 8t variant, considering what I will use, do you think that is enough for what I need? 3: What will be the power consumption for the above configurations? 4: What you think about Dell Poweredge R710 ? 5: Can I found a better deal with that budget maybe something newer ? Any advice will be welcome

Well when I rent it I can reroute all traffic to a business VPS with a VPN from Romania as a proxy, right ? The client will have only ip from that VPS right ? Yea, that will be a problem with only 1 tb of storage I am thinking about buying 10-20Tb WD Red and set in a bigger raid.

Hi LTT members. I want to rent out my server SPECS: CPU: 2 x Intel HEXA Core Xeon X5650 2.66GHz (3.06GHz Turbo, 12MB Cache) RAM: 32 GB DDR3 ECC (8 x 4GB) HDD: 2 x 1 TB HDD SATA (Raid 1) 2X PSU: 870W Network speed: Main Line Download: 1gbps Upload: 500mbps Backup Line Download: 1gbps Upload: 500mbps I pay around 15$ for both, both fiber, unlimited datacap, different ISPs. Location: Romania I have a Tesla Powerwall in case of a power outage Any ideas where I can rent it and any advice ?