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  1. 09-10-2014, 19:08 #1
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    Rackmount server help...

    Hey all, this is my first post in years....

    I'm looking to buy a rackmount server:

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16859108152

    but I haven't bought one for 20yrs so not sure if there's something else I need to purchase with this other than the O/S, O/S user licenses and some drives.
    Any ideas if that includes all I'd need to put into our company rack, plug into the network and go?
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  2. 09-10-2014, 19:51 #2
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    Er what are you using it for as that kind of has quite a major impact on the spec lol.
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    Nothing too serious - just to run an Application Portfolio Management tool on it which may potentially run across applications with a couple of million LoC. It's above minimum spec for that though in terms of processors. I'm buying three compatible drives for it - would I need some additional hardware to run these in RAID 5?
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    Looks like its controller supports all flavors of raid so you should not need owt more than a few SAS drives.

    Only 16gig, is that acceptable for a server for you?
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    Yeah, it's just going to be used for a single app and for pre-sales purposes so only me on it. Does that link seem to good to be true?
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    3K dollars is about the going rate for a DL360 G8 isn't it ?

    What is it that you think is too good to be true ?

    They're about 2K +VAT sterling over here.
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    The two processors included were $3000 a pop in 2013 and I guess I'm just trying to be careful before I spunk $5k on server and disks.
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    It's HP so should come with all the rack mounting equipment, including cable management.

    Not sure how critical this server is or where it is located but I always add an iLo licence just in case of an out of hours server issue.
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  9. 10-10-2014, 15:15 #9
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    Good stuff, thanks all. And BTW, I still miss my S14a every week....especially now that I'm looking to get a Nissan Leaf....
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  10. 10-10-2014, 19:08 #10
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    Why go raid 5?

    Buy a couple of 2Tb disks and raid 1 then. You then dont get the performance hit with RAID 5.

    We've got loads of them in work. There solid. Only 1 failed with a RAID controller card failure.
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