Datto OCT D1541D4U Micro ATX Server Workstation Motherboard Xeon D1541 CPU | eBay
$475+26.15 shipping for me. ebay is running 6% ebay bucks for me, or 8% in app (YMMV) -- got me $38 in ebay bucks which I will probably forget about and let expire like usual... ouch.
These have been sitting unsold a while at $675... have been watching them after same seller blasted out some Supermicro Xeon D boards in mid-$600 range RIGHT before those 10/15/20% coupons started rolling out. Price dropped on these at some point in the last 24 hours.
Seems like a very good price for D1541 board. I can't find anything on this (or any) Datto specific model, but their site at datto.com/hardware makes it sound like they don't do much manufacturing versus rebranding, and model number is very similar to Asrock's Xeon D line.
I suspect, but don't know, that these are rebranded D1541D4U-2T8R boards based on model number and similarity in overall visuals. The ebay listing says these have 10gb SFP ports, but assuming pictures are correct they clearly have copper ports, so hoping they are 10G base-T like the Asrock board linked. Asrock makes an SFP model as well (the D1541D4U-2O8R, that STH actually reviewed here), but those ports would be located in different spot on board and are much bigger than 10gbase-t. Images also show a couple of integrated mini SAS ports, similar to either Asrock.
Anyway, I rolled the dice on 1 and am still seriously considering picking up more, but I don't know what I would use them for. So STH, jump in on this deal and save me from myself!
edit: make that rolled the dice on 2. Dang...
$475+26.15 shipping for me. ebay is running 6% ebay bucks for me, or 8% in app (YMMV) -- got me $38 in ebay bucks which I will probably forget about and let expire like usual... ouch.
These have been sitting unsold a while at $675... have been watching them after same seller blasted out some Supermicro Xeon D boards in mid-$600 range RIGHT before those 10/15/20% coupons started rolling out. Price dropped on these at some point in the last 24 hours.
Seems like a very good price for D1541 board. I can't find anything on this (or any) Datto specific model, but their site at datto.com/hardware makes it sound like they don't do much manufacturing versus rebranding, and model number is very similar to Asrock's Xeon D line.
I suspect, but don't know, that these are rebranded D1541D4U-2T8R boards based on model number and similarity in overall visuals. The ebay listing says these have 10gb SFP ports, but assuming pictures are correct they clearly have copper ports, so hoping they are 10G base-T like the Asrock board linked. Asrock makes an SFP model as well (the D1541D4U-2O8R, that STH actually reviewed here), but those ports would be located in different spot on board and are much bigger than 10gbase-t. Images also show a couple of integrated mini SAS ports, similar to either Asrock.
Anyway, I rolled the dice on 1 and am still seriously considering picking up more, but I don't know what I would use them for. So STH, jump in on this deal and save me from myself!
edit: make that rolled the dice on 2. Dang...
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