HP DL385 G5 Repair
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While in NY for MangoCon 2016, I picked up a HP DL385 G5 from the NTG Inventory.
As it turns out,.. it would seem that this is the unit with a failed MOBO.
Is it worth $100 (plus S&H) to replace?
DL385 G5
- Dual PSU
- Dual CPU
- Two 73GB 15.1k drives
- Two 146GB 10k drives
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Do you want to use this for a lab server or production?
For maybe $150 I don't see why not, you'd have 8 cores to work with, which should be more than enough for a lab.
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I won't need anything production class - If I did, I would go with something newer, and with a warranty, and more disk space. I can add four more drives, but why..
Pretty much a 'lab' box. Not even sure what I need or would do with it. I have a NAS, so it's not needed for storage.
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@gjacobse said in HP DL385 G5 Repair:
While in NY for MangoCon 2016, I picked up a HP DL385 G5 from the NTG Inventory.
As it turns out,.. it would seem that this is the unit with a failed MOBO.
Is it worth $100 (plus S&H) to replace?
DL385 G5
- Dual PSU
- Dual CPU
- Two 73GB 15.1k drives
- Two 146GB 10k drives
I got a DL380 G6 with 24 GB RAM for $200 off of Amazon. I'd say no.
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@stacksofplates said in HP DL385 G5 Repair:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00YNSGDVA/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
Gee - Good point,
Thanks for the link.
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Nice thoughts for some lab machines there.
Or for me, backup machines for our production server.
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Not to be totally self serving.... You all have the opportunity to have lab access to NTG's lab you know
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@Minion-Queen said in HP DL385 G5 Repair:
Not to be totally self serving.... You all have the opportunity to have lab access to NTG's lab you know
But having a lab on the other side of the country isn't the same as having one that I can go smash with a hammer until it starts behaving itself again.
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@Minion-Queen said in HP DL385 G5 Repair:
Not to be totally self serving.... You all have the opportunity to have lab access to NTG's lab you know
Yes, I do. And when I get things sorted out I may do just that.
However box could end up running some software to host a Radio system,.. so has to be local (to the radio).
Ah well.. no biggie.
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@stacksofplates said in HP DL385 G5 Repair:
@gjacobse said in HP DL385 G5 Repair:
While in NY for MangoCon 2016, I picked up a HP DL385 G5 from the NTG Inventory.
As it turns out,.. it would seem that this is the unit with a failed MOBO.
Is it worth $100 (plus S&H) to replace?
DL385 G5
- Dual PSU
- Dual CPU
- Two 73GB 15.1k drives
- Two 146GB 10k drives
I got a DL380 G6 with 24 GB RAM for $200 off of Amazon. I'd say no.
That's why we didn't get it fixed.
