HPE EC200A Xeon D-1518 'hybrid server' on ebay ~$150

[Evan]

Opps I just grabbed 5, hope they come as described (well as long as they come working then wasn’t much else to expect actually since no drive mounting hardware included)
wondering how maybe I can mount them and some network switch to be kind of portable.

All came nice and clean, haven’t powered anything on yet or opened anything up but wow they are much lighter than I expected !

 

[geoffeg]

Grabbed two of them off eBay. Once they ship I'll order RAM and SSDs for them and turn them into Proxmox boxes. I assume the WAN and LAN ports are both accessible in Linux.

 

[dirkthedaring83]

Better hurry and get the memory. It’s become hard to find.

I have four running a proxmox cluster and I’ve LACPd the Ethernet ports and it seems to be working fine.

 

[microserf]

Better hurry and get the memory. It’s become hard to find.

For those of us with more modest requirements, I can confirm that Samsung M393A1G43DB0-CPB 2Rx8 PC4-2133P 8GB modules work fine.

 

[Dark]

Better hurry and get the memory. It’s become hard to find.

I have four running a proxmox cluster and I’ve LACPd the Ethernet ports and it seems to be working fine.

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~$37.04/dimm (16GB). Same ones I'm running.

 

[mmo]

memory will never be running out with eBay second hand market. But you need a lot of patients if you want to snap good deals.

 

[Human89]

Hi,

Any one know if the server can run with only one RAM slot propagated? For example with 1x32GB of DDR4 memory instead of 2x32GB?

 

[Smedwardd]

Hi,

Any one know if the server can run with only one RAM slot propagated? For example with 1x32GB of DDR4 memory instead of 2x32GB?

Yes, I have one HP 32gb stick in mine and it works fine.

 

[xyoer]

Can a 2.5-inch SSD hard drive be installed normally without a hard drive bracket?

 

[Marsh]

Can a 2.5-inch SSD hard drive be installed normally without a hard drive bracket?

Yes , I use 2 of these plastic drive bracket , side by side, it fit very snugly

2.5"SSD/Hard Drive to 3.5" Drive Bay Adapter Bracket Converter HDD Tray 8431220510154 | eBay

 

[xyoer]

Yes , I use 2 of these plastic drive bracket , side by side, it fit very snugly

2.5"SSD/Hard Drive to 3.5" Drive Bay Adapter Bracket Converter HDD Tray 8431220510154 | eBay

thank you very much. I want to buy HPE EC200A and ship it to China. Even if the cost of cross-border transportation and tariffs is required, it is cheaper than most similar products sold in China and the quality is very good.

 

[EasyRhino]

that's pretty ironic because I'm used the cheapest sales coming from China.

 

[dirkthedaring83]

does the memory have to be installed in pairs???

 

[dirkthedaring83]

Yes, I have one HP 32gb stick in mine and it works fine.

Hunh I got a single Samsung 32GB and it doesn't work. Tried both slots. Says it can't find memory for the CPU make sure the CPU is installed or the memory. In my others I have 2 16GB Samsung. The 32GB is of the same type just with double the ram.

 

[eddyg]

If anybody has a lead on the 858010-001 communication board for these, please let me know... I'm interested in one. Thanks!

 

[Mixpower]

Anyone who has been using 32gb RAM sticks what modules do you use?
I am planning on putting in 64GB total or 32GB depending on pricing.

 

[eddyg]

FWIW, I had a couple spare sticks of HP 752369-081 16GB RDIMMs, and it's working fine in the EC200a I just received:

 

[Mixpower]

FWIW, I had a couple spare sticks of HP 752369-081 16GB RDIMMs, and it's working fine in the EC200a I just received:

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Great! Thanks I will take a look at those.

 

[mmo]

Anyone who has been using 32gb RAM sticks what modules do you use?
I am planning on putting in 64GB total or 32GB depending on pricing.

I am using 2x32gb M393A4K40BB0-CPB. HMA84GR7MFR4N-TF should work as well according xeon-d 1518 supported memory list.

 

[Geran]

If anybody has a lead on the 858010-001 communication board for these, please let me know... I'm interested in one. Thanks!

Good luck...all the ones on eBay sold out almost instantly and none of the sellers expect to get any more at this time.