This offer has expired. Even though the seller, deals2day-364, is selling more wither other configurations, AVOID THIS SELLER AT ALL COSTS!
Below is the original post for archiving this nightmare for everyone... And I apologize for bringing it to light in the first place.
$300 shipping though (freight)... Thought about contacting them to see if they would use my UPS account number. Yikes. $300 is for standard eBay Freight (which the seller has no idea how to fix). However, they can ship 1 unit via normal fedex/ups if you contact them direct. Nope, this seller negates on any shipping savings now.
Each node has dual Intel C612 chipset (E5 V3/V4 CPUs and DDR4 ECC). Oddly, the spec sheet says its noise level is 38dB. That's... Really really quiet!? EDIT: confirmed the low-quiet, as long as you have the right HDDs and SSDs that are in the firmware specs - if you use a different drive it doesn't know, ALL FANS RUN ON HIGH.
There doesn't seem to be much "gray market" usage info about this. There was a STH thread started asking for more info, but crickets. I really would want to get my hands on one to document what options and specs it has. Like, are those FC, QSPF+, or even 100 Gbps ports on the back? Nevermind! Turns out the Cisco firmware only allows certain drives from certain manufacturuers. It's a wide range of drives and models. Basically, stick to anything HGST SAS (and SATA) and Enterprise-grade SATA SSDs for the boot and NVMe drives, like Samsung PM883.
AGAIN, AVOID THIS SELLER. Here's the original listing...
- They have shipped units completely mis-configured, and missing many drives. Seller has completely ghosted ANYONE who bought a custom build and has NOT resolved ANY cases.
- Seller constantly changes the deals. Especially after they read your bad review, they change the deal and make you pay more - often holding your merchandise as ransom.
- Seller offers a 30-day warranty; but, they will not honor it (many users in this thread are still waiting on replacement parts - 1/2 year a later!)
- Seller changes the return deals, again, if they read a bad review.
Below is the original post for archiving this nightmare for everyone... And I apologize for bringing it to light in the first place.
Each node has dual Intel C612 chipset (E5 V3/V4 CPUs and DDR4 ECC). Oddly, the spec sheet says its noise level is 38dB. That's... Really really quiet!? EDIT: confirmed the low-quiet, as long as you have the right HDDs and SSDs that are in the firmware specs - if you use a different drive it doesn't know, ALL FANS RUN ON HIGH.
AGAIN, AVOID THIS SELLER. Here's the original listing...
CISCO UCS C3160 4U RACK SERVER 60 HDD BAREBONE CHASSIS | eBay
The Cisco UCS C3160 Rack Server is an advanced, modular, high-storage-density rack server targeted at storage-driven use cases. Server Type CISCO UCS C3160 RACK UNIT (4U). No data migration required when replacing or upgrading server nodes.
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