Well, for those of you looking for a relatively cheap 4 (or 8 bay) machine to setup a NAS, CDW outlet is offering the Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 tower/4U server for 425 USD (normal pricing is quoted at around 900 USD). The specs are okay, it's a Xeon-E 2124 (should be socketed?), 4 PCIe slots, 2 of them PCIe 3.0x4 (most 10/40GbE dualport cards should be okay with it), 1 8GB DIMM provided, 4 DIMM slots with support for 128GB RAM max, it can be outfitted for dual PSUs and can fit 4 3.5" drives, hot swappable (not sure if this means that the second array of 4 drives are simply not outfitted or not wired up with a backplane - you should be able to look up the part # for the backplane/bay module on the hardware maintenance manual). The system is reviewed by STH, the idle/full power is kinda high on the review system but it'll probably be dependent on how your specific outfit.
It is quiet enough for home lab use. .
It is quiet enough for home lab use. .
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