Pricing a Dell r730xd server - thoughts/good price ?

[marcoi]

I'm thinking of getting the following server from dell. What do you think of the price? It refurb but includes 5 year pro support. It's more then what i budgeted for but i figured I can sell some of my old servers to get some money to pay this one down.

My though is making this my primary ESXI host, running all my home/business VMs plus all my dev vms. I'm thinking ill convert one of my three other servers into a freenas box and load it up with all my other HDDs and use it for data and backup.


Dell PowerEdge R730XD Server No Operating System Unit Price $7,859.00

PowerEdge R730XD        Qty      1

Dell Outlet PowerEdge R730XD Server    VWY08
QLogic 57800 2x10Gb DA/SFP+ + 2x1Gb BT Network Daughter Card    02CKP
Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 Processor (14 Core, 2.4GHz, 35M Cache, 120W)    1FWXV
Dual, Hot-plug, Redundant Power Supply (1+1), 1100W    1JDDV
Chassis with up to 12, 3.5inch Hot Plug Hard Drives    1M9JH
Information    1P25N
ReadyRails Sliding Rails    26P86
R730/xd PCIe Riser 1, Right    2TFKV
PERC H830 RAID Adapter for External JBOD, 2GB NV Cache, Low Profile    2WTKV
iDRAC8 Express, integrated Dell Remote Access Controller, Express    34MCT
Label    38M5X
Certified Refurbished    3E476
ReadyRails Sliding Rails With Cable Management Arm    44F09
16 GB DDR4 RDIMM 2400MHz Dual Rank (1 DIMMs)    5MXYC
16 GB DDR4 RDIMM 2400MHz Dual Rank (1 DIMMs)    5MXYC
16 GB DDR4 RDIMM 2400MHz Dual Rank (1 DIMMs)    5MXYC
16 GB DDR4 RDIMM 2400MHz Dual Rank (1 DIMMs)    5MXYC
16 GB DDR4 RDIMM 2400MHz Dual Rank (1 DIMMs)    5MXYC
16 GB DDR4 RDIMM 2400MHz Dual Rank (1 DIMMs)    5MXYC
16 GB DDR4 RDIMM 2400MHz Dual Rank (1 DIMMs)    5MXYC
16 GB DDR4 RDIMM 2400MHz Dual Rank (1 DIMMs)    5MXYC
Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 Processor (14 Core, 2.4GHz, 35M Cache, 120W)    5XH83
Shipping Material    66F95
No Bezel    6J441
Label    8CPFW
Information    CJV5W
R730/xd PCIe Riser 2, Center    D0PTN
2 X 2.5inch Flex Bay Hard Drives    D4RJG
Information    F2G9P
Information    F7X3T
Power Cord, NEMA 5-15P to C13, 15 amp, wall plug, 10 feet / 3 meter    F928P
Power Cord, NEMA 5-15P to C13, 15 amp, wall plug, 10 feet / 3 meter    F928P
DIMM Blanks for System with 2 Processors    HGXRM
PERC H730P Integrated RAID Controller, 2GB Cache    HJCH2
Chassis with up to 12, 3.5inch Hard Drives    K8M67
No Operating System    KD483
Label    KF54T
Information    M34FG
TPM 1.2 FIPS    M4TR5
Performance BIOS Setting    N754K
Planner    NC29G
300GB 2.5-Inch SAS 12Gbps Flex Bay Hard Drive (10K RPM)    RDCWG
300GB 2.5-Inch SAS 12Gbps Flex Bay Hard Drive (10K RPM)    RDCWG
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
8TB 7.2K RPM NLSAS 12Gbps 512e 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive    T75MV
Information    TTPH9
Information    W70M7
Standard Heatsink for PowerEdge R730/R730xd    WCM0C
Standard Heatsink for PowerEdge R730/R730xd    WCM0C

 

[vl1969]

I got this brand new for about $5500
as you do have more CPU and RAM , as well as more HDD, I would say it is not bad price for this setup.

210-ADBC
1 PowerEdge R730xd Server
591-BBCH
1 PowerEdge R730/R730xd Motherboard
996-8029
1 Declined recommended ProSupport service - Call your Dell Sales Rep if Upgrade Needed
991-2878
1 Dell ProSupport Service Offering Declined
976-9079
1 Basic Hardware Services: Business Hours (5X10) Next Business Day On Site Hardware Warranty Repair 3 Year
976-9007
1 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty Plus On Site Service
338-BFFV 1 Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 2.4GHz,15M Cache,8.00GT/s QPI,Turbo,HT,6C/12T (85W) Max Mem 1866MHz
350-BBEU 1 Chassis with up to 12, 3.5" Hard Drives
340-AKPM 1 PowerEdge R730xd Shipping
374-BBHC 1 Upgrade to Two Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 2.4GHz,15M Cache,8.00GT/s QPI,Turbo,HT,6C/12T (85W)
330-BBCO 1 R730/xd PCIe Riser 2, Center
374-BBHT 1 R730xd PCIe Riser 1 Filler Blank, Right
370-ABUF 1 2133MT/s RDIMMs
370-AAIP 1 Performance Optimized
370-ABUG 1 16GB RDIMM, 2133 MT/s, Dual Rank, x4 Data Width
370-ABUG 1 16GB RDIMM, 2133 MT/s, Dual Rank, x4 Data Width
780-BBLL 1 RAID 6 for H330/H730/H730P (4-24 HDDs or SSDs)
405-AAEG 1 PERC H730 Integrated RAID Controller, 1GB Cache
400-AEGF 1 2TB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive,13G
400-AEGF 1 2TB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive,13G
400-AEGF 1 2TB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive,13G
400-AEGF 1 2TB 7.2K RPM SATA 6Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive,13G
540-BBBW 1 Broadcom 5720 QP 1Gb Network Daughter Card
330-BBCL 1 Internal Dual SD Module
385-BBCF 1 Redundant SD Cards Enabled
385-BBHV 1 16GB SD Card For IDSDM
385-BBHV 1 16GB SD Card For IDSDM
350-BBBW 1 No Bezel
770-BBBQ 1 ReadyRails Sliding Rails Without Cable Management Arm
750-AABF 1 Power Saving Dell Active Power Controller
450-ADWM 1 Dual, Hot-plug, Redundant Power Supply (1+1), 1100W
450-AALV 1 NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug, 125 Volt, 15 AMP, 10 Feet (3m), Power Cord, North America
450-AALV 1 NEMA 5-15P to C13 Wall Plug, 125 Volt, 15 AMP, 10 Feet (3m), Power Cord, North America
631-AAJG 1 Electronic System Documentation and OpenManage DVD Kit, PowerEdge R730/xd
619-ABVR 1 No Operating System
421-5736 1 No Media Required
332-1286 1 US Order
370-ABWE 1 DIMM Blanks for System with 2 Processors
374-BBHM 1 Standard Heatsink for PowerEdge R730/R730xd
374-BBHM 1 Standard Heatsink for PowerEdge R730/R730xd
385-BBHN 1 iDRAC8 Express, integrated Dell Remote Access Controller, Express
900-9997 1 On-Site Installation Declined
973-2426 1 Declined Remote Consulting Service
* -DISCOUNT/COUPON APPL
Subtotal: $5,359.67
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Tax: $375.19
State Environmental Fee: $0.00
Total Price w/Discounts: $5,734.86

 

[marcoi]

@vl1969 thanks for the post. As far as I could tell based on ebay prices i found for components of the system I thought the price was reasonable.
How have you found the power usage of the system? Based on the newer CPU and memory i would expect this system to idle lower then my older e5-26xx v1/v2 setups.

 

[vl1969]

frankly, in my place of work we do not really sweat about power usage
they have been running 4 10-15 yo machines here when I came to work.
and we have a lot more power hungry stuff in the factory that would put any of this servers to shame.

also not sure about idling as I suspect my servers do not idle too much.
I run 2 of those in Hyper-V failover cluster.

that is MS server 2012 R2 Hyper-V with Starwind vSAN as I do not have hardware SAN here.
the cluster runs one of my AD/DC/DHCP/DNS
a file server VM
a SQL server VM and a bunch of others special use VMs. we are Microsoft shop here so all Windows and couple of DOS machines

so far, the only issue I have is that I might not have done a good job setting all up, so thing glitches on occasion and need a good kick in the A#$ to get back on track.
other than that I can not fault DELL much. the tech support have been very prompt the few times I needed it so far.

 

[NashBrydges]

Just for comparison, you should give Xbyte a call. Really good prices on Dell servers. They sell as refurb because they've been open box but most of the stuff they sell has actually never been racked.

www.xbyte.com

 

[marcoi]

I ended up holding off making a major purchase and decided to extend my current setup.
Storage ideas for dell r720 w/8 2.5 hdd slots

I just recently found xbyte.com, i'm trying to get a quote to upgrade my r720 storage to 16 bay 2.5 sas 3 from the r730. seems like it is possible

 

[dwright1542]

I've got a slew of outlet 730XD's (with 5 year prosupport) running in dual node HC environments. I cannot say enough good things about them, and the outlet is what made it possible within budget for each client. Make sure you call in. They can normally get an extra 10% off the price. Most replaced C2100's from the outlet, which have been demoted to backup / replication servers. I suspect the 730XD's to age out not because of power, but warranty.

-D

 

[vl1969]

yes, xByte is good, but in my case it was not an option.
the owner does not want to deal with anything but new things.
and overall cost saving were not overly great to be the determining factor. we have a long term account with DELL so we get some discounts and deals directly. the xByte vs DELL quotes where about 1500$ appart.
so we just bought it from DELL directly.