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

[Kenny Richards]

Agreed, you don't want to make lots of trip up there. But when balancing
the cost of the server, it probably isn't worth 100% redundancy since you
can get to the site all year round. But it sounds like you have a workable
solution....

Thanks
Kenny

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Bart Kus <me at bartk.us> wrote:

>  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> 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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