[rescue] Fwd: V100 fans

[Andrew Weiss]

> From: Andrew Weiss <andrewjweiss at icloud.com>
> Date: 11 February 2023 at 7:09:39 pm AEDT
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] V100 fans
> 
> I’ve been quite impressed with that generation of Dell Poweredge.  I got a T420 for $600 AUD about $385 USD with 64 GB RAM, 2x136GB SAS + 6x2TB SAS, and dual Xeon 6 core  E5-2430 2.2 Ghz.  Has fully licensed idrac enterprise.  Running ESX 7.  My guests consist of 8 or 9 vms and it’s not fully loaded even with two ONTAP select instances.  Averages 136 W power idle
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On 11 Feb 2023, at 10:18 am, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 2/10/23 18:11, Lionel Peterson via rescue wrote:
>>> I was given a "free" 1U Dell x86 server the other day but was worried about the noise level (I've been around many, many 'screaming' 1U x86 servers back in the day), but this 10 year-old r620 server is very quiet. It will live in my garage, and it is only slightly loud, hardly noticeable by comparison.
>>> Adding 4x SAS HDs to the previously diskless server barely raised the noise level.
>>> (It was too nice to pass up, 2x 8-Core CPUs, 384G RAM, no disk, 2x SFP+ and 2x gigabit Ethernet ports, and enterprise iDRAC that allows virtual console over a browser)
>>> I'm impressed at the (low) noise level of these older servers...
>> 
>> Wow, for free, and that's no slouch!  That would make a fantastic SmartOS machine.
>> 
>>          -Dave
>> 
>> -- 
>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>> New Kensington, PA
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