Sweet home lab server with 32gb of RAM

[coolrunnings82]

Found a few good deals to pass on in my eBay searching recently:
HP Proliant ML10 E3 1220V2 Xeon 32GB Intel 2X Dual NIC Low Noise Home Lab VMware | eBay
HP Proliant ML10 E3 1220V2 Xeon 32GB Intel Quad NIC Low Noise Home Lab VMware | eBay

 

[rubylaser]

I saw these on Reddit today in the homelab subreddit. These seem like a good deal.

 

[Diavuno]

$500 for a minimal server + NIC?

no disks makes it not a suburb deal.... but that model is nice and quiet.

 

[T_Minus]

NICE!

I have 5 of these with the v1 chips and less RAM, never used, got prior to the multinodes and for a lot less obviosuly with 2 or 4gb RAM Mine will be for sale soon with v1 chips at half their price but way less RAM these are a great deal with that much ECC UDIMMS.

 

[orson]

Hi.

To bad it is US only shipping

 

[BackupProphet]

Do these have IPMI?

 

[Chuckleb]

The description says that it has iLO, which is the HP IPMI. I haven't used it but should be equivalent.

 

[Aestr]

iLO is like IPMI but it's important to note that there are different licensing levels. This server only has a standard license so it will only allow virtual KVM until an OS boots and will not allow the use of virtual media. It's really only meant for remote reboots and to have access for BIOS prompts and messages. See the attached image for more details on the various levels.

 

[Boddy]

Hi.

To bad it is US only shipping

Have you considered using a 3rd party shipping provider like 'shipito'?

I'm in Australia and very handy to buy stuff from USA, great shipping rates. Can consolidate multiple items or send multiple packages at once and get further discount. Especially if you sign up for their Nevada warehouse and get six months storage, other locations have 90 day storage available.

Shipito Locations: Oregon, California & Nevada | USA Address & Mail Forwarding - Shipito.com

For a few dollars I get them to 'double box' (put original box in a larger box) and ask for padding in-between, fantastic for sensitive electronic stuff as couriers can be rough (esp. USPS). Can put security tape and 'fragile' stickers for few extra bucks too.

Doesn't work for some sites such as Newegg or where they ask for PayPal verified addresses.

EBay freight charges can be overpriced. Great alternative.

I hope this helps