HELP! Buy "this" refurbish Server?!

[Required]

https://www.servershop24.de/en/server/hp/dl-series/dl380/gen9/a-120866

 

I still need a Server for my Project who have:

- 3,5" Drive Bays

- Take my Raid Card for Raid

- PCI-E Slot for USB 3.0 Cards

- CPU for Rendering my Own Map Tiles

- ESXi Compatible maybe Proxmox to

 

600€ with Tax sound good.

My current HP Server have this CPU: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=37109,82761 (and the CPU from this Server).

I see its a Dual Socket one with one CPU. I dont need 2x.

[rond]

HPE Proliant DL380 Gen 8 maybe? They're under €600..

[NelizMastr]

24 minutes ago, rond said:

HPE Proliant DL380 Gen 8 maybe? They're under €600..

ML350 G8 is often even cheaper. Saw one for €150 a while back. Same basic hardware, just more quiet and tower form factor.

[rond]

3 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

ML350 G8 is often even cheaper. Saw one for €150 a while back. Same basic hardware, just more quiet and tower form factor.

Where do you find them for cheaper? I look online and see €1000 price-points on them...

[Required]

Another option is build my own one. I have 2 Case, PSU.

https://www.asus.com/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/Z11PA-U12-10G-2S/ Z11PA-U12/10G-2S 440€ exclude Tax.

 

[NelizMastr]

1 hour ago, rond said:

Where do you find them for cheaper? I look online and see €1000 price-points on them...

I don't go to the like of refurb centers and eBay. I usually find stuff like that on classifieds, gumtree/craigslist like websites etc.

 

1 hour ago, Required said:

Another option is build my own one. I have 2 Case, PSU.

https://www.asus.com/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/Z11PA-U12-10G-2S/ Z11PA-U12/10G-2S 440€ exclude Tax.

 

Pretty nice board. Xeon Scalable (Skylake/Cascade Lake) chips aren't cheap though, and a Xeon Silver 4114 is really nothing better than an E5-2620v4 which fits cheaper and older boards.