My dumbass was gonna strip it for parts.
Curious what you industrious folks would do with it?
Similar except 4x2 TB https://www.ebay.com/itm/316549741700
Inb4 put Linux on it
Edit: well it booted earlier and now it doesn’t. 😵
THE DUST
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what would you do with an old dell server?
I thought this post was going to be a sea shanty.
This has made it worth it already
Sell to pay my electricity bill
Depends on the specs. If it’s really old the power consumption will cost more than you’d spend on newer hardware. I have such a box sitting at home doing nothing. It’s cheaper to rent a hetzner dedi.
Same. For most people in our space, a Dell Optiplex micro is more than enough horsepower (except few expansion ports). There’s no reason to be running a legacy server consuming 2.5kW just to host some movies or store your camera footage.
My thoughts too. I already have the Dell optiplex with external hard drive bays.
Overkill is overkill especially when it has a cost for power and your room sounds like a fucking aircraft hangar
Drop it on a cop from a high window.
Or ICE agent. Dealers choice.
So, uh, exactly how “old” is that server? Because, if I understood it correctly, it should be based on 8th gen Intel, which makes this a solid piece of equipment in any homelab (provided you can deal with the noise and power draw).
I had a r610 running last year. two 1kw PSUs running 24/7. when I migrated to new hardware my monthly electrical bill dropped around $75 a month.
it sits in my rack as a shitty reminder that commercial hardware is cheap for a reason.
I agree with the advice of finding out how much electricity it will consume. When you step to this level, power consumption becomes a reality. Just looking at specs and doing some swag, it’s probably going to cost anywhere from $15 to $25 +/- USD monthly. A $500 entry fee seems a little rich for my blood. Second, you’re going to have to put that thing in a closet. Those fans are loud. Other than that, rock on bro! Git sum!
I’ve got a DELL server that I used as home server, but it was too loud. But it worked well, even at an advanced age. I moved the disks to a normal desktop machine (not DELL) that is much, much quieter.
