Enterprise-grade server hardware
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I was recently contemplating on getting a used enterprise server. And, unlike my previous attempts, I made more progress this time in narrowing down what kind of hardware to buy. So, here are some notes from that:
- Minimum 2U to keep noise down (and even then it’ll likely be noisy enough to keep in an office). 4Us can be expensive.
- I may need a closed (but ventilated?) rack to keep the noise down. I can buy it after getting the server and running it for a few days.
- As of today, Dell’s 13th generation line is ~10 years old and 14th is ~5. However, the power usage of the two should be similar unless I put a lot of load onto the machine.
- 3.5 vs 2.5 inch drive bays. (The former would be better for me.) Each bay will require a caddy, if I were to put a hard drive in it, or a blank.
- I should be able to use both SATA and SAS hard drives and I think the former would be cheaper.
- Reach out to eBay sellers directly and ask for quotes/discounts.
For now, I am deciding to continue with my existing consumer-grade PC. Maybe the enterprise server will come later.