[Liverpool] Cheap server boxes from Dell

[Alex J Lennon]

Thanks. Looks good. Maybe we should consider putting a few in as doescloud VM systems to play with?

> On 20 Dec 2016, at 20:35, Paul M Furley via Liverpool <liverpool at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> Wow, that's pretty compelling.
> 
> I've spent waaay too much on various Raspberry Pi projects recently...
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>> On 20/12/16 18:40, Sebastian Arcus via Liverpool wrote:
>> For anybody who might be in the market for a cheap server machine the
>> basic Dell PowerEdge T20 is down to £129.96:
>> 
>> http://www.ebuyer.com/738065-dell-poweredge-t20-pentium-g3220-3ghz-4gb-ram-500gb-hdd-mini-tower-t20-3692
>> 
>> 
>> This includes 4GB of RAM and 500GB hdd - so I would say it's quite a
>> bargain. As it comes without an OS it would be perfect for a little
>> Linux install. This is the basic model, with the Pentium G3220 cpu -
>> which should still be able to do quite a lot of work under Linux. The
>> next one up with the Xeon E3-1225V3 cpu is £239.98 after cashback -
>> which I would say is damn good value as well.
>> 
>> I've installed recently the Xeon version at a client, and it drives 5
>> Windows 7 VM's on 32GB of RAM (upgraded) comfortably - I'm hoping to
>> push it to about 10 VM's on light loads. Overall it's a nicely capable
>> machine and surprisingly un-crippled, with several PCI-e slots, one PCI
>> slot and 4 RAM slots. The only annoying thing I found is the power
>> supply motherboard connector - which is not the standard 24pin one, but
>> some crazy 8 pin Dell proprietary job. However, after some googling, it
>> seems that adapters are available out there to plug a standard PSU if
>> necessary.
>> 
>> And no - I don't have shares in Dell - I just thought it might make a
>> nice Christmas present for a Linux qeek out there! :-)
>> 
>> Happy festive season to everyone!
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