These were originally built as a VSAN which I plan on replicating once I build a proper home vSphere environment. Each of the 740s have about 12TB raw in them but I'd like to load the 8 empty bays in each, anyone know where I can get a stack of cheap/used 1.8TB 2.5" SAS drives? I care more about capacity compared to speed as I plan on making the 440 a standalone all flash host.
Jesus christ your lucky, those sell for some serious dough. I don't even see Rx40 on the second hand market much, mostly going from Rx10/20's to Rx30's now.
[...] those sell for some serious dough.
Using a position in IT for personal gain doesn't seem ethical, so I really hope OP pays it forward when they're done with this equipment.
I've been waiting for my workplace to decommission our VNX2's. Sadly, we keep shelling out for the extended warranty, because our company is structured such that paying through the nose with operating budgets tends to be preferred over spending capital on equipment.
Hohooo. I hope that after I graduate I'm going to have the same opportunities as some of you to take old equipment home.
work in IT long enough and I can guarantee you will. I've gotten tens of thousands of $ worth of free shit over the years.
Apart from gaining relevant experience using these "beefy" boys I can't fathom why pple go for them.
A modern tiny/mini/micro PC, as Patrick Kennedy from ServeTheHome calls them, from the likes of Dell, Lenovo, Minisforums, ASRock, Beelink etc should outperform blades not only on compute but tasks that are now being offloaded such as encryption, media codecs etc
You could break even in 1-2 years on elecricity costs alone(depending where you are)!
I ran a stack of 630's we decom'ed from work (5 of them) in 2020. When we moved in 2021 I didn't want to setup the full rack in the garage again. I sold them all to a local place (server monkey) for 2k a pop.
10k.
If you get bored with them, look into resale options. Give yourself a little bonus. These gen are harder to find right now. You're in a unique position to buff up your savings if you feel so inclined.
Good score!
Does VSAN is the same thing as NAS?
Your electricity company loves you.
OK FOR EVERYONE SAYING I AM GOING TO NEED A PERSONAL NUCLEAR REACTOR TO RUN THESE:
I just looked at a similar host (same hardware but way more disks) at work that is running about 60% CPU load and a ton of disk IO
Data: Average usage: 310 Watts Max Peak: 402 Watts Min Peak: 192 Watts
I think people mistakenly assume that these enterprise servers draw like thousands of watts or something. Yes they are certainly more than an efficient small home server but they aren't some three-phase commercial electric clothes dryer.
I think it's mostly that even "smallish" power draws like 300W adds up in cost quicker than you think if it's on 24/7. I don't know where you live or what you pay for power, but I live in one of the cheapest places for power in the US and pay ~$0.12/kWh, and that still equates to ~$1000/year/kW for 24/7 operation. I know when I finally did the math it surprised me.
My company would shit a chicken if I even dared to ask to buy old hardware that was being thrown in the dumpster.
Damn you're lucky, that an awesome catch!
Uhh what kind of company hands out HDD:s outside of company premises that are not drilled through, crushed and burned, after that ashes are buried?
Eat too much power for home use. Better off getting a home NAS with 2 drives and selling these on eBay.
R740s are great servers, but they are loud as hell. Hope you got a nice quiet place for those. Also they eat a ton of power. The more SaAS drive you add the power they eat. Still, I'm low-key jelly.
For someone who lives in a not-as-wealthy country, it just blows my mind how people get these amazing equipment, for free?
I've been trying build something for my home for years and anything that can be called decent is basically immediately out of my budget.
All nice until you pick up the power bill
Ah embezzlement. Or is it theft?
your envy is showing