25 racks with 200 x Dell C6100 servers

[Andreas]

As there is so much interest for the Dell servers

Why settle for less than a full supercomputer or cloud datacenter?

Only 750 USD / server and the racks are basically free ....
Potentially the "cheapest" road to a 6400 core homerack.
Lot of 25x 45U Server Rack Cabinet w 200x PowerEdge C6100 Servers | eBay


Andy

 

[sloop]

Go big or go home, right?

speaking of 'home' I thought it was funny the ad says "PLEASE SPECIFY IF ADDRESS IS COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL"

I hope no one would order this for their residence

 

[Jeggs101]

muchos inventory of spares for all of us

 

[mrkrad]

as long as you have a dock at home, there should be no astounding charges. lol.

shock pallets are 2000+ lbs.

 

[renderfarmer]

Holy shit. 15THz render farm for 150k!! That's insane.

Granted, you need the equivalent of an airplane hanger to house it and your own electrical substation to power and cool it but that's an incredible bargain.

Nice find.

 

[dba]

As there is so much interest for the Dell servers

Why settle for less than a full supercomputer or cloud datacenter?

Only 750 USD / server and the racks are basically free ....
Potentially the "cheapest" road to a 6400 core homerack.
Lot of 25x 45U Server Rack Cabinet w 200x PowerEdge C6100 Servers | eBay


Andy

Let's see, I just need a 750Amp larger power feed to the house. At PG&E residential rates, that's $702,000/year to run the cluster at full tilt. Good thing these are "low power" CPUs!
Inside joke: Mr. B.R. from Cambridge UK, would that be enough compute power for your Matlab project?

 

[PigLover]

Actually I'd say that offer is WAY overpriced. With comparable C6100s going qty 1 at about $799 it leaves a reseller only $45 margin for all the effort of shipping, inventorying, unstacking, boxing and distributing them. Not to mention the risk associated with taking on that much inventory.

Not suggesting that tearing them down and reselling is the only option, but it is a good way to evaluate the fair price. I'd say $110k for the lot is a more likely fair market price.

 

[cactus]

speaking of 'home' I thought it was funny the ad says "PLEASE SPECIFY IF ADDRESS IS COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL"

HAHA, I was going to post the same thing.

 

[mrkrad]

you would surely need a forklift

 

[mrkrad]

i'll take one if you buy them all - but you gotta cut us a deal

 

[b3nz0n8]

Kill the Riddick....

It is actually reasonable. I am looking for a used server, any recommendation? Thanks.
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