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

[Kenny Richards]

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> 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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