[Liverpool] Cheap server boxes from Dell

[Paul M Furley]

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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