EU A UK deal 4 Node, 2U, 8 -2670, 64GB.... (11 Available)
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I bought one of these from the seller shipped to US. He was able to change it to USD for the transaction and remove the VAT. The price seemed very reasonable even with shipping included, with 2670s and 256GB RAM. I'm guessing I'll need to pickup some of those BMC modules once I receive it and get it all wired up.
The server came in 2 packages, surprisingly quick considering it was from UK. One box were all the nodes and chassis in another. Well packed, full of peanuts. Looks to be in great condition. CPU, heatsink and RAM installed. RAM modules are Samsung 16GB DDR3-1333R. No RMM Lite modules though. Got a couple Intel X520-DA2 cards that'll be able to repurpose for each node. Should make an awesome homelab vSphere cluster. Although my new place is still under construction and server room is not even close to being done. I'll be counting the days until I can rack and online this thing.
Do you guys know if this 2.5" to 3.5"tray work on the server?
(5-pack) 2.5" to 3.5" Bay SSD Metal Hard Drive HDD Mounting Bracket Adapter Tray
I got the quote from the seller but it's expensive: (2.5” to 3.5” caddy adaptors £17e.)
(5-pack) 2.5" to 3.5" Bay SSD Metal Hard Drive HDD Mounting Bracket Adapter Tray
I got the quote from the seller but it's expensive: (2.5” to 3.5” caddy adaptors £17e.)
I didn't unpack the chassis yet. I will take a look this weekend. I'm assuming the trays may already support SSDs.
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I have the H2216 version of this box. It's 2.5" drives instead of 3.5".
The downside of it (at least on mine) is its Sata II instead of III.
You can buy a SAS 6G kit for it (about $150 BIN per node on eBay) that includes a basic LSI HBA as well. (Also includes a Mgmt eth port as well, as if you run your IPMI off the existing Ethernet you will have packet loss unless you downgrade the speed to 100MB - there is a tech note on the Intel site about this).
Also keep this guy clean! I have mine in a store room and it gets dusty pretty easily. Four nodes pulling junk in the front with some powerful fans doesn't help.
And if you have the 2.5" version check the trays before mounting. They warp pretty easy. I didn't check one tray, mounted it, after a few minutes smelt some magic smoke (oh oh!) and then boom. End result on the backplane:
(The tray had shorted on the circuit board of HDD, obviously shorted something out)
Just spent $60 on EBay to get a replacement and $140 expedited shipping to get it here quick. I hope it didn't take out anything else!
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The downside of it (at least on mine) is its Sata II instead of III.
You can buy a SAS 6G kit for it (about $150 BIN per node on eBay) that includes a basic LSI HBA as well. (Also includes a Mgmt eth port as well, as if you run your IPMI off the existing Ethernet you will have packet loss unless you downgrade the speed to 100MB - there is a tech note on the Intel site about this).
Also keep this guy clean! I have mine in a store room and it gets dusty pretty easily. Four nodes pulling junk in the front with some powerful fans doesn't help.
And if you have the 2.5" version check the trays before mounting. They warp pretty easy. I didn't check one tray, mounted it, after a few minutes smelt some magic smoke (oh oh!) and then boom. End result on the backplane:
(The tray had shorted on the circuit board of HDD, obviously shorted something out)
Just spent $60 on EBay to get a replacement and $140 expedited shipping to get it here quick. I hope it didn't take out anything else!
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This kind of adapters usually doesnt work with servers as hot swap trays require the connectors to be at a certain place and these doesnt care about it as its not a requirement when used on a desktop chassis like the picture shows.
I tried several of these in the past on Supermicro and Dell chassis and none fit the disks correctly.
I buy models that "emulate" a disk and that are doing the job perfectly, its still a bit expensive for what it is but its better than having to change the whole chassis to fit 2.5" disks/SSDs :
- Référence 730527, grossiste informatique, fournisseur importateur spécialisé en Solutions PC et mobilité – Groupe CUC
- Référence 730739, grossiste informatique, fournisseur importateur spécialisé en Solutions PC et mobilité – Groupe CUC
Both models doesnt require screws or any tool to fit the disk/ssd on the tray but the second one opens from the front side so when its screwed on a server caddy it cannot be opened while the first model which opens from the top can be opened while being still on the caddy.
The first costs 2€ more (12€ exvat and 10€ for the 2nd model).
Dell 9W8C4 Y004G 3.5" to 2.5" Adapter for F238F/G302D/X968D SAS/SATA Tray Caddy The 9w8c4 is the one I usually use.
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Mine came with 2 adapters per node and I only used 1 for the boot drive. If it SATA 2. I don't care as that is what my boot drive is
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Looks like the existing caddy should work for 2.5" drives just fine.
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What exactly will you be doing with 2 x 64 core servers? I can't think of anything I would be able to use that much CPU power for.
I actually don't use the internal drives for anything as all data is stored on SAN. Each node is capable of using 3 drives which wasn't going to provide the required IOPS for all my virtual machines.
I work in the IT industry so have lots of virtual labs setup to test various new technologies. I have many Virtual Machines running on the cluster as well as home stuff e.g Media, File Storage, DC etc.What exactly will you be doing with 2 x 64 core servers? I can't think of anything I would be able to use that much CPU power for.