server Advise on Spare Bone Gear

[Malice Techen]

Related things to what I may do with stuff LTT Links at the bottom of the page, so let’s get started. 

 

I felt it would be better to ask for a second opinion on the matter as I been sorting through the spare bones shelf lately; if more info is needed I'll gladly add it as my goal is to get VM's up and running. PM, Tag, and or reply, so I spot stuff Thanks. 

 

As a side note: Got some Raspberry Pi's X2 B3+ models and a single 4GB Pi 4 that are kicking around; the Pi 4 is going to be a Cloud Key2 with Pi-Hole hopefully.

 

Thanks in advance everyone from both a Big Fan and Technology Enthusiast.

 

Option 1: Wanted to know if any of the Gear I got is worth keeping hold of (Listed Below).

 

Option 2: Build a Second Storage/VM Box Equivalent to my FreeNAS.

 

Option 3: Save for a Synology box (if so What model as I can fill 12 bays easy) and convert the FreeNas box to XCP-NG.

 

Option 4: Use my Extra Custom PC for VM’s and Scrap all others due to Power draw and age while using the FreeNas as backend storage.

 

1. Dell Power Edge T310 

 

* CPU 4 Core Xeon 3430

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/42927/intel-xeon-processor-x3430-8m-cache-2-40-ghz.html

* RAM U-DIMM-ECC DDR3 Installed (8GB) **Max Limit 32GB** 

* HDD Internal SAS @6GPS Cage is 4 Slot internal (X2 300GB 15K RPM Each) 

* SAS Card Non-RAID (PCI-E and could be moved to the FreeNAS Box)

* Plus SATAIII 6 Ports Total Onboard Ports 5 Unused (Raid and Non-RAID)

* PSU X2 @400W? With Redundant Backplane 

 

 

2. Custom PC LIAN-LI Cube (Extra-Possible XCP-NG Box)

 

*MotherBoard: ASRock H87M Pro4 

*CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell Quad-Core 3.4 GHz LGA 1150 84W BX80646I74770 

* RAM **MAXED @32GB** (Non-ECC)

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM 2400 (PC3 19200) Model F3-2400C11Q-32GXM 

* SATA III Ports x6 Unused 

* X7 3.5 Inch HDD Drive cage 

* X2 2.5 Inch SSD/HDD case mounts

* PSU 1000W G3 EVGA Supernova 80 Plus Gold

 

 

3. Custom PC (FreeNas)

 

* MotherBoard:

Supermicro ATX DDR4 LGA 1151 Motherboards X11SAE-F-O

* CPU: Intel Core i3 6100T BX80662I36100T Processor LV

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/90734/intel-core-i3-6100t-processor-3m-cache-3-20-ghz.html

* RAM **MAXED @32GB** Crucial 16GB Single 2133MT/s DDR4 PC4-17000 Dual Ranked x8 ECC DIMM CT16G4WFD8213 / MTA18ASF2G72AZ-2G1A1

32GB U-DIMM ECC DDR4  

* HDD Pool 1 @8.5TB  RAIDZ1 X5 (3TB WD Reds WD30EFRX 5400RPM) 

* HDD Pool 2 @1.83TB  RAIDZ1 X5 (1TB WD Reds WD10EFRX 5400RPM)

* PSU 1000W EVGA SuperNova 80 Platunum

 

 

4. HP ProLiant ML350P Gen8

 

https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/v2/Getdocument.aspx?docname=c04128239

* CPU: Single 6 core Xeon E5 2620 @2.00GHz (System is Duel Socket) 

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/64594/intel-xeon-processor-e5-2620-15m-cache-2-00-ghz-7-20-gt-s-intel-qpi.html 16GB ECC Raid Card HP Smart

* RAID Array P420i with 6 bay SAS Front Cage

* HDD X5 15K RPM Drives with Cages installed (Drive Size 450GB Each) 

* 460W single PSU With Redundant Backplane

 

Links:

 

#1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1103003-what-to-do-with-13-semi-powerful-machines/

 

#2 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1103710-wanting-opinions-on-my-minecraft-server-parts-list/

 

#3 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1101582-re-purposing-old-usb-hard-drives-for-dasnas/

 

Thanks for Reading.

[kdawwgg1221]

Sidenote: why does your custom PC in the Lian-Li Case have a 1000 watt PSU? That's a little overkill considering it is without a GPU

[Radium_Angel]

51 minutes ago, Malice Techen said:

Dell Power Edge T310 

I just sold one (USA money) for 50$ with almost identical specs as yours.

 

[Malice Techen]

6 minutes ago, kdawwgg1221 said:

Sidenote: why does your custom PC in the Lian-Li Case have a 1000 watt PSU? That's a little overkill considering it is without a GPU

I had some Desktop drives that used to kill the system before I had the $ for NAS Drives or Enterprise equivalents. Plus it was my old gaming rig.

[kdawwgg1221]

Just now, Malice Techen said:

I had some Desktop drives that used to kill the system before I had the $ for NAS Drives or Enterprise equivalents. Plus it was my old gaming rig.

I figured you had some other things in and out of the build. I just was reading and noticed how out of place it seemed to the rest of the build in its current state.

[Malice Techen]

3 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

I just sold one (USA money) for 50$ with almost identical specs as yours.

 

Still wondering if it’s worth the $ to Max out the RAM to use it for HomeLab if the power draw is worth running 24/7 and probably dropping a MineCraft box on it lol. 

[kdawwgg1221]

3 minutes ago, Malice Techen said:

Still wondering if it’s worth the $ to Max out the RAM to use it for HomeLab if the power draw is worth running 24/7 and probably dropping a MineCraft box on it lol. 

Sounds totally worth it to me.... 

[Malice Techen]

Just now, kdawwgg1221 said:

Sounds totally worth it to me.... 

The Dell or my Old Custom Cube?

[kdawwgg1221]

Just now, Malice Techen said:

The Dell or my Old Custom Cube?

It would be more practical to use your Dell, but I feel that your cube could power even more drives if you decide to max out the memory.

[Malice Techen]

3 minutes ago, kdawwgg1221 said:

It would be more practical to use your Dell, but I feel that your cube could power even more drives if you decide to max out the memory.

Dell has 4 drive bays and ECC 8GB not Maxed out. The cube is Maxed at 32GB and is 4th generation Vs 2nd gen Intel on the Dell.

[kdawwgg1221]

On 9/12/2019 at 1:07 PM, Malice Techen said:

Dell has 4 drive bays and ECC 8GB not Maxed out. The cube is Maxed at 32GB and is 4th generation Vs 2nd gen Intel on the Dell.

Well if you plan on keeping a system for gaming, I would max out the dell and use that. It has plenty of power to drive as a primary to your FreeNAS. Don't worry I didn't forget about ya

[Malice Techen]

On 9/16/2019 at 11:06 AM, kdawwgg1221 said:

Well if you plan on keeping a system for gaming, I would max out the dell and use that. It has plenty of power to drive as a primary to your FreeNAS. Don't worry I didn't forget about ya

I got my 8700k for the gaming with a GTX 1080ti and if I needed too I could go over to a i9 9900k as my new gaming rig can support it/be upgraded as I got a top end board. MSI MEG Godlike; anyway thanks a lot for the info. Should I just pull the removable stuff out of the HP then and send him to server heaven?

[kdawwgg1221]

34 minutes ago, Malice Techen said:

I got my 8700k for the gaming with a GTX 1080ti and if I needed too I could go over to a i9 9900k as my new gaming rig can support it/be upgraded as I got a top end board. MSI MEG Godlike; anyway thanks a lot for the info. Should I just pull the removable stuff out of the HP then and send him to server heaven?

Sounds like you're pretty loaded. Server heaven it is 

[Malice Techen]

54 minutes ago, kdawwgg1221 said:

Sounds like you're pretty loaded. Server heaven it is 

Ya well let’s just say to do the gaming pc upgrade I payed a heavy price when I custom built my 8700K system. I kinda want to start up something eventually and get a better skill set, so the hardware meets work/self employment goals.

[kdawwgg1221]

18 hours ago, Malice Techen said:

Ya well let’s just say to do the gaming pc upgrade I payed a heavy price when I custom built my 8700K system. I kinda want to start up something eventually and get a better skill set, so the hardware meets work/self employment goals.

Maybe build up a server cabinet and begin to sell them to people for hosting game servers? I had people in high school that had 2-3 servers and hosted CS:GO and Minecraft servers for good money.

[Malice Techen]

12 hours ago, kdawwgg1221 said:

Maybe build up a server cabinet and begin to sell them to people for hosting game servers? I had people in high school that had 2-3 servers and hosted CS:GO and Minecraft servers for good money.

That's the route I want to go on it; my big problem is I have no secondary space to run stuff at this time and if I kill the power bill at the moment well "I am going to have a bad time." (Insert Sans from Undertail blowing me to the next continent.) I just looked at the HP CPU its actually a better chip. Well guess I better pinch some major Pennies/Rubies/USD and either beef up the HP or just go Threadripper down that particular brick road.  Well if I have not done, so already thank you @kdawwgg1221.  

[Malice Techen]

On 9/20/2019 at 8:05 AM, kdawwgg1221 said:

Maybe build up a server cabinet and begin to sell them to people for hosting game servers? I had people in high school that had 2-3 servers and hosted CS:GO and Minecraft servers for good money.

Also looking at this HP it may actually be a viable server just compared it to something similar to it and it may be worth beefing it up for use.