Dropping a black box on a client network
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@JaredBusch Hardware wise, xByte is the only 3rd party I'd trust for anything going into production. A Supermicro is going to start at $1,500, which is a good deal for a new server.
That said, if you just want to cheap out, I got my current Home Lab box from Orange Computers. No factory warranty, and I have no idea how good the support is if it's needed.
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I can help with Supermicro config if you need. drop me a line.
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@ysapir said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
I can help with Supermicro config if you need. drop me a line.
Mostly, I don't want to wade through all the options on the Supermicro site just to get an idea.
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@travisdh1 said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@JaredBusch Hardware wise, xByte is the only 3rd party I'd trust for anything going into production. A Supermicro is going to start at $1,500, which is a good deal for a new server.
That said, if you just want to cheap out, I got my current Home Lab box from Orange Computers. No factory warranty, and I have no idea how good the support is if it's needed.
I would never do something without a warranty of some type in this kind of scenario.
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@JaredBusch said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
A Dell R230 on Xbyte shows $599 to start.
"To start"...in that case it's without CPU, memory or disk. So it's a server that does not start.
Get a new one instead from Dell. Dell R240, 8GB ECC RAM, Dual-core G4900 CPU, 1TB disk. $709 ready to go on dell.com
G4900 is latest gen CPU, more than you need. To step up to 4 cores it's $176 to get a Xeon E-series CPU in the same machine.
Supermicro is never going to be a cheap as Dell or HP low end models so there's no point even looking at it.
PS. Also you get 1 year basic HW warranty on site in that price but you could extend to 3 year for $100 or whatever the customer wants.
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@JaredBusch said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@travisdh1 said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@JaredBusch Hardware wise, xByte is the only 3rd party I'd trust for anything going into production. A Supermicro is going to start at $1,500, which is a good deal for a new server.
That said, if you just want to cheap out, I got my current Home Lab box from Orange Computers. No factory warranty, and I have no idea how good the support is if it's needed.
I would never do something without a warranty of some type in this kind of scenario.
So the box is considered semi critical.
Does it have to be onsite? What about a Vultr VPS and a VPN connection? -
@Dashrender said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@JaredBusch said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@travisdh1 said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@JaredBusch Hardware wise, xByte is the only 3rd party I'd trust for anything going into production. A Supermicro is going to start at $1,500, which is a good deal for a new server.
That said, if you just want to cheap out, I got my current Home Lab box from Orange Computers. No factory warranty, and I have no idea how good the support is if it's needed.
I would never do something without a warranty of some type in this kind of scenario.
So the box is considered semi critical.
Does it have to be onsite? What about a Vultr VPS and a VPN connection?What part did you not understand?
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@JaredBusch said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@Dashrender said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@JaredBusch said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@travisdh1 said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@JaredBusch Hardware wise, xByte is the only 3rd party I'd trust for anything going into production. A Supermicro is going to start at $1,500, which is a good deal for a new server.
That said, if you just want to cheap out, I got my current Home Lab box from Orange Computers. No factory warranty, and I have no idea how good the support is if it's needed.
I would never do something without a warranty of some type in this kind of scenario.
So the box is considered semi critical.
Does it have to be onsite? What about a Vultr VPS and a VPN connection?What part did you not understand?
All of it apparently.
I didn't go back and re-read the OP after reading the comments - ON Prem ONLY.. fsst - whatever.
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@JaredBusch said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
This is an on-prem only solution.
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@Pete-S said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
@JaredBusch said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
A Dell R230 on Xbyte shows $599 to start.
"To start"...in that case it's without CPU, memory or disk. So it's a server that does not start.
Get a new one instead from Dell. Dell R240, 8GB ECC RAM, Dual-core G4900 CPU, 1TB disk. $709 ready to go on dell.com
G4900 is latest gen CPU, more than you need. To step up to 4 cores it's $176 to get a Xeon E-series CPU in the same machine.
Supermicro is never going to be a cheap as Dell or HP low end models so there's no point even looking at it.
PS. Also you get 1 year basic HW warranty on site in that price but you could extend to 3 year for $100 or whatever the customer wants.
Pretty good deals on previous gen Dells on their outlet site too. R230 with E3 series processor and 3-years support for $629
None of these super cheap options are going to have dual power supplies though.
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https://www.dellrefurbished.com/enterprise-products/servers/dell-poweredge-r720-4-port-140081.html
%40 off for president's day
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@bnrstnr said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
Pretty good deals on previous gen Dells on their outlet site too. R230 with E3 series processor and 3-years support for $629
Not really a good deal IMO, because you can get a current gen for only $100 more.
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@JaredBusch said in Dropping a black box on a client network:
Not really a good deal IMO, because you can get a current gen for only $100 more.
With 2 years less warranty and less processor... I don't know what's more important to you in this scenario.
A few hundred dollars probably isn't the biggest deal here anyway lol
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Spammer ban hammered.
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@JaredBusch I don't know if you ever finished up with this client, but for $1236 you can get a decent server that would work well.
Add $99 if you wanted the 3 year warranty
