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[amal]

@XEMON

Anyone has experience with Dell PowerEdge servers?

What model(s)? if the CPUs can’t do paravirtualization then don’t bother… not worth the power they suck down.

[Not]

This ^

We have a few at work, and just sold a dozen more a while ago.

[XEMON]

Its a fairly large lot, ive been wanting to make a home lab to test (ie break) and learn. Just setup an old inspiron NAS and thought i would step it up

here is the list:
Dell PoweEdge R910
Dell PoweEdge 2850
Dell PoweEdge R430
Dell PoweEdge 2650
Dell PoweEdge R710
Dell PoweEdge 1950
2 each of these:
Dell PoweEdge R610
Dell PoweEdge R710

[Jammyjellyfish]

Oh, nice. Grab the R430 and not the rest lol

[ODaily]

Or…
Grab them all, keep the r430 and sell the rest on craigslist for what you paid.

Free server!

[XEMON]

They’re a package deal sold As-is (government surplus)
There is a bit longer than I thought on the auction, but now I know it’s worth picking up I’ll try to grab them if they don’t go for too high

[Jammyjellyfish]

You’re going to have a hard time getting rid of everything except the r430, no one will take a power edge xxxx, even for free. The Rx10s might be easier but they’re pretty old at this point

[Not]

R710s are probably worth a whole $19.99 in parts assuming they have their drives and memory stripped. The 910 might be worth something, but everything there loves to absolutely guzzle power and convert it into noise.

[Hamspiced]

@enginerd

Joking aside, I don’t lick batteries.

How else do you expect to be a mobile robot.

[Pilgrimsmaster]

Must…not… listen to inner thoughts

[Hallic]

Haha, I was the kid that licked 9volt batteries to see how much charge they had left

[Hamspiced]

I still do that. And with cr2032’s

[Hallic]

wonders if there’s a “Battery_Licker” forum tag

[Hamspiced]

I mean… Are we not licking 9v anymore? I didn’t get that memo.

[enginerd]

Tasty!

[ThePolishedTurd]

They have started putting denatonium on coin cells to keep children from swallowing them. I just thought you might like to know.

[Hamspiced]

i was wondering why it looked like i blew (blue) papa smurf…

[enginerd]

So that’s why they are all bitter now…

Joking aside, I don’t lick batteries.

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@Hallic

I was the kid that licked 9volt batteries

@Hamspiced

I still do that

@Hamspiced

Are we not licking 9v anymore?

@enginerd

I don’t lick batteries

Who licks batteries? Thats super weird!

I prefer to touch the battery to my tongue,
I’m not a savage…

I have actually “licked” four 9V batteries in the last 2 days

[ODaily]

@Not

R710s are probably worth a whole $19.99 in parts assuming they have their drives and memory stripped. The 910 might be worth something, but everything there loves to absolutely guzzle power and convert it into noise.

That said, if somebody is just getting started / exploring, they could be a decent learner. Note, I’ve no idea how to set one up, but would love to anyway. I’ve just never been able to score one that I could afford to acquire.

If the dregs of that auction popped up on my local craigslist, I’d probably be down for one at a reasonable price. Use it for a bit, then see if I want to upgrade later. All good fun.