[HamWAN PSDR] Any suggestions for a good shallow-depth server?

[Bart Kus]

It's at 3000ft, so maybe 1/2 a year is an exaggeration, but it's a 
design target.

Anyway, I got the KVM guy to come down to $50 instead, so I've decided 
to just beef up the Rackable and deploy that.  It's the cheapest of all 
the options.

--Bart


On 05/26/2015 04:48 PM, Kenny Richards wrote:
> Slightly off topic, but is Tiger really not accessible for 1/2 the 
> year?  I can see for a couple days a year, but not for six months.  It 
> just doesn't get that much snow....
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 11:53 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us 
> <mailto:me at bartk.us>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I've been trying to get my grubby little hands on a server for
>     East Tiger.  The physical layout of that site demands we use a
>     shallow depth (1/2 depth) server.  There are surprisingly few
>     servers out there that are both shallow and offer some kind of
>     hardware RAID and KVM control with virtual media.  I've identified
>     a couple:
>
>      1. Dell R210 ii
>           * 1U
>           * 1CPU (E3-12##v2 series)
>           * Max 32GB RAM
>           * 2HD (non-hot-swap)
>           * Stock H200 RAID controller is poopy (no BBWC/FBWC, no
>             option to enable HD write cache), but it can take an H700
>             controller.
>           * KVM not typically installed, but inexpensive DRAC6 cards
>             available ($15)
>           * Kind of expensive for what it is
>      2. HP DL320e G8
>           * 1U
>           * 1CPU (E3-12##v2 series)
>           * Max 32GB RAM
>           * 2-4HD depending on chassis (hot-swap)
>           * Stock B210i RAID controller is poopy (no BBWC/FBWC), but
>             it can take a P222 controller.
>           * KVM via iLO4 integrated standard
>           * Expensive
>
>     Given the timing, I've gonna deploy a server I have in stock, but
>     it's really awful:
>
>      1. Rackable based on Intel S5000PSL motherboard
>           * 2U
>           * 2CPU (really old Xeon 5148)
>           * 16GB RAM installed (32GB max, FBDIMM required)
>           * 4HD (hot swap)
>           * NO RAID controller, and no room in the chassis to install
>             one either.
>           * NO KVM (there is an add-on, but it's $170.  It may or may
>             not fit the chassis.)
>           * "Free!" since it's in my inventory and I'm trying to
>             either sell the servers off or put them to good use.
>
>     Since this is going up on a mountain top inaccessible for 1/2 the
>     year, it's really nice to have the KVM ability in case something
>     goes wrong or you need to do troubleshooting (just had to use KVM
>     today to work on some of our ESXi hosts), and the RAID is nice in
>     case a drive dies or develops a bad sector.
>
>     Anyway, do any of you have any suggestions for any other small
>     servers I may not have considered yet?
>
>     --Bart
>
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