Servers for cheap.

[Julian5]

A guy offered me these servers for cheap and the whole lot + a switchable server monitor for 350 pounds + shipping to spain on a palet

 

whats better a 1950 or a 2950? I think I Will get the 1950 and then upgrade to 2 quads

 

SERVER 1  50 pounds + shipping
Dell Power edge model: 1950 
64bit 
CPU: 2 x 2.33 DUAL core. 
Cache: L2: 4mb 
Ram: 32 GB DDR2 
HDD: 430Gb 16k SCSI 

SERVER 2  60 pounds plus shipping
Dell Power edge model: 2950 
64bit 
CPU: 2 x 2.66 QUAD core. 
Cache: 2 x L2: 4mb 
Ram: 4 GB DDR2 
HDD: sata - no disk 
1 x Windows server 2003 licence COA sticker 

SERVER 3 
Dell Power edge model: 2950 
64bit 
CPU: 2 x 2.0 DUAL core. 
Cache: L2: 4mb 
Ram: 4 GB DDR2 
HDD: sata - no disk 

SERVER 4 
Dell Power edge model: 860 
64bit 
CPU: 1 x 2.13 DUAL core. 
Cache: L2: 2mb 
Ram: 1 GB DDR2 
HDD: 80Gb sata 

SERVER 5 
Dell Power edge model: 860 
64bit 
CPU: 1 x 2.13 DUAL core. 
Cache: L2: 2mb 
Ram: 3 GB DDR2 
HDD: 250Gb sata 

SERVER 6 
Dell Power edge model: 860 
64bit 
CPU: 1 x 2.13 DUAL core. 
Cache: L2: 2mb 
Ram: 2 GB DDR2 
HDD: 80Gb sata 

SERVER 7 
Dell Power edge model: 860 
64bit 
CPU: 1 x 2.4 DUAL core. 
Cache: L2: 4mb 
Ram: 4 GB DDR2 
HDD: sata - no disk 
Remote access DRAC4 card 

SERVER 8 
Dell Power edge model: 860 
64bit 
CPU: 1 x 2.13 DUAL core. 
Cache: L2: 2mb 
Ram: 2 GB DDR2 
HDD: 80Gb sata 

SERVER 9 
Dell Power edge model: 860 
64bit 
CPU: 1 x 1.86 DUAL core. 
Cache: L2: 2mb 
Ram: 2 GB DDR2 
HDD: 80Gb sata 
Remote access DRAC4 card 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Get one dell r710/c2100.

 

Those will cost over 1000 a year in power and are missing some features(2tb hdd max, no vt-d)

[Julian5]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Get one dell r710/c2100.

 

Those will cost over 1000 a year in power and are missing some features(2tb hdd max, no vt-d)

As said Before, I DO NOT pay for my electricty bills and have a low budget for a server (100€) 

[Electronics Wizardy]

A 2950 is a 2u 1950. There the same in all ways other than drives and pcie slots

[Julian5]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

A 2950 is a 2u 1950. There the same in all ways other than drives and pcie slots

Oh, then the 1950 is better since it has more ram and Im not worried about storage

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Julian5 said:

Oh, then the 1950 is better since it has more ram and Im not worried about storage

Same ram capicity. The 2950 is quiter

[Julian5]

I would get a r610 but I cant find any cheap ones

[KuJoe]

If you're not paying for electricity and don't care about low quality hardware, go look for a Dell C1100 or CS-24. The C1100 can run better CPUs and hold more RAM than the 1950s and 2950s and is a bit quieter (with the trade-offs of being power hungry, single PSU, and IPMI instead of DRAC). The CS-24 uses the same hardware as the 1950 and 2950 but uses a little bit less power than the 1950 because it has a single PSU and IPMI instead of DRAC also. They can both be found for less than $200 USD on eBay. All 4 are extremely bad compared to a R610 or R710, but for the price the C1100 and CS-24 are better than the 1950 and 2950 unless you need the extra drive bays, DRAC, and dual PSUs.

 

EDIT: Also DO NOT install Server 2003 unless it is not connected to the network since 2003 was EOL'ed a few months ago.

[Julian5]

Just now, KuJoe said:

If you're not paying for electricity and don't care about low quality hardware, go look for a Dell C1100 or CS-24. The C1100 can run better CPUs and hold more RAM than the 1950s and 2950s and is a bit quieter (with the trade-offs of being power hungry, single PSU, and IPMI instead of DRAC). The CS-24 uses the same hardware as the 1950 and 2950 but uses a little bit less power than the 1950 because it has a single PSU and IPMI instead of DRAC also. They can both be found for less than $200 USD on eBay. All 4 are extremely bad compared to a R610 or R710, but for the price the C1100 and CS-24 are better than the 1950 and 2950 unless you need the extra drive bays, DRAC, and dual PSUs.

it will have to be the 1950 for now since it comes with drives, ram and CPU's for under 50 pounds, even If I dont want it I can sell it for 150€ in Spain since servers are super expensive here. 

 

I might play around with the 1950 until im done and upgrade to a r610, I have 800€ I made from fixing phones to spend on stuff so I will build my pc and see what I have left.

[Julian5]

45 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Same ram capicity. The 2950 is quiter

 

39 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

If you're not paying for electricity and don't care about low quality hardware, go look for a Dell C1100 or CS-24. The C1100 can run better CPUs and hold more RAM than the 1950s and 2950s and is a bit quieter (with the trade-offs of being power hungry, single PSU, and IPMI instead of DRAC). The CS-24 uses the same hardware as the 1950 and 2950 but uses a little bit less power than the 1950 because it has a single PSU and IPMI instead of DRAC also. They can both be found for less than $200 USD on eBay. All 4 are extremely bad compared to a R610 or R710, but for the price the C1100 and CS-24 are better than the 1950 and 2950 unless you need the extra drive bays, DRAC, and dual PSUs.

 

EDIT: Also DO NOT install Server 2003 unless it is not connected to the network since 2003 was EOL'ed a few months ago.

1950 was bought and will probably be sold soon. I will just mess around with it host some stuff. 

 

Where can I get a 610/710 for cheap? I cand find any for cheap that ship to Spain

 

Cant wait to mess around with some jet engine heater servers, 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Julian5 said:

 

1950 was bought and will probably be sold soon. I will just mess around with it host some stuff. 

 

Where can I get a 610/710 for cheap? I cand find any for cheap that ship to Spain

 

Cant wait to mess around with some jet engine heater servers, 

Ebay? craigslist(or what ever there is in your country), Many friends will give them away. Companys swapping equipment.

[Julian5]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Ebay? craigslist(or what ever there is in your country), Many friends will give them away. Companys swapping equipment.

cheapest one I cn find is 250€ on ebay, I dont have any friends (Cries in corner) and servers are expensive in My zone, I have seen 4gb of ram dual core 1950's sell for 100€. 

[Electronics Wizardy]

44 minutes ago, KuJoe said:

If you're not paying for electricity and don't care about low quality hardware, go look for a Dell C1100 or CS-24. The C1100 can run better CPUs and hold more RAM than the 1950s and 2950s and is a bit quieter (with the trade-offs of being power hungry, single PSU, and IPMI instead of DRAC). The CS-24 uses the same hardware as the 1950 and 2950 but uses a little bit less power than the 1950 because it has a single PSU and IPMI instead of DRAC also. They can both be found for less than $200 USD on eBay. All 4 are extremely bad compared to a R610 or R710, but for the price the C1100 and CS-24 are better than the 1950 and 2950 unless you need the extra drive bays, DRAC, and dual PSUs.

 

EDIT: Also DO NOT install Server 2003 unless it is not connected to the network since 2003 was EOL'ed a few months ago.

The c1100 are newer than the 1950's and 2950's.Its a dual 1366 compared to a dual 771. Id get a c2100 as there quieter and can hold more slots and drives. 

 

Its also the same as a r610/r710

[Julian5]

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

The c1100 are newer than the 1950's and 2950's.Its a dual 1366 compared to a dual 771. Id get a c2100 as there quieter and can hold more slots and drives. 

 

Its also the same as a r610/r710

The c1100 and c2100 dont exist in europe and shipping from us is 600$ 

[Julian5]

I found this though http://www.bargainhardware.co.uk/dell-poweredge-c6100-2-x-node-configure-to-order/

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, Julian5 said:

I found this though http://www.bargainhardware.co.uk/dell-poweredge-c6100-2-x-node-configure-to-order/

Looks fine, but you need cpu's ram, disks, trays

[Electronics Wizardy]

9 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

cheapest one I cn find is 250€ on ebay, I dont have any friends (Cries in corner) and servers are expensive in My zone, I have seen 4gb of ram dual core 1950's sell for 100€. 

Can you get used desktops cheap. They will basically do the same thing.

 

Or get a job...

[Julian5]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Looks fine, but you need cpu's ram, disks, trays

yeah Ill sort that out, for now it will be a 1950 with 32gb of ram, ill keep you infromed on the state of the server. later when I have more money I will buy a btter server

[Julian5]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Can you get used desktops cheap. They will basically do the same thing.

 

Or get a job...

I already have a job and make around 50-100€ a week but I would rather spend that on other stuff since this server is for messing around and testing.

[KuJoe]

What are you going to be using the server for? You can rent a server with dual L5420s for pretty cheap and you'll have a nice amount of fast bandwidth, redundancy, and you don't have to worry about the cost of replacing hardware if something dies.