Reasons Against a Refurbished Server for This?
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The closest HP is the DL380 e series. E = economy.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller what's the HP equiv I can look up? dell seems to command a premium on ebay and I want an R510 for my own junk
xbyte is your ticket there. Nothing will compete in price.
Yep - through XByte the R610 with 6 300 GB 10K SAS, PERC6i, redundant PSUs, dual Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.26 GHz, Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709c Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet cards (2 of these) is about $1500. AMAZING.
But I agree the R510 is worth a look. We have one that is an ESXi host at another site with 7200 RPM SATA drives, and it is running like a champ.
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You want a reason against buying refurbished servers from xbyte? i've got one....
Because you hate having all that money, and you want to spend it on something!
that being said i have about 7 or 8 xbyte servers in the wild and LOVE THEM. service is much better than dell, @BradfromxByte is just a swell dude to work with.
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That's Josh from Pertino.
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what are you talking about scott?...
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@scottalanmiller said:
@MattSpeller said:
@scottalanmiller what's the HP equiv I can look up? dell seems to command a premium on ebay and I want an R510 for my own junk
xbyte is your ticket there. Nothing will compete in price.
maybe in the USA, not in Canada - exchange rate is just murder
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i agree - preaching to the choir
refurb would be more than adequate. why spend bucket loads of cash when you can spend a fraction for the (same) capability as the work load looks pretty darn minor. -
What about refurbished UPS units? Have any folks here used them with success?
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hrm. as long as the battery is good/new i wouldn't mind i dont think. never had a refurb ups though
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@NetworkNerd said:
What about refurbished UPS units? Have any folks here used them with success?
Definitely. Refurbed means that it has been fixed. Refurbed is often better than new because it has more testing. I can't really think of any business product I would not prefer refurbed all other factors being equal.
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@NetworkNerd said:
What about refurbished UPS units? Have any folks here used them with success?
Refurb'd UPS are awesome savings if you can find some. Just make sure they got NEW batteries and not refurb'd / "tested" batteries.
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@MattSpeller said:
@NetworkNerd said:
What about refurbished UPS units? Have any folks here used them with success?
Refurb'd UPS are awesome savings if you can find some. Just make sure they got NEW batteries and not refurb'd / "tested" batteries.
What would be wrong with refurbed batteries?
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@StrongBad unlike lead acid car batteries that can be somewhat refurbished UPS units use AGM (absorbent glass mat) or VRLA (valve regulated for (higher current) lead acid absorbent glass mat) which can not be refurbished much at all and should just be recycled after 3 years.
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Can't they just replace those parts?
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@StrongBad Nope, it's all sealed up together to prevent gas escaping (or control it's release)
http://www.gpbatteryygn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/vrla-battery-1024x695.jpg
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Can they even call it refurbed then? That's just used.
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@StrongBad Exactly! The UPS it's self can be used and refurb'd but the batteries must be new.
Here's an AGM battery that someone tried to take apart. (Don't try that at home!)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/AGM_inside.jpg
