PowerEdge T110-II for VM Lab Host

I picked one up for some OpenStack fun. Do you happen to know if any ECC/unbuffered will work on this box? I'm looking at these for 32GB, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239420, but not 100% sure if they will work on the board. I'm guessing they will but Kingston only lists two 8GB modules KTD-PE316E/8G and KTD-PE313E/8G both of which are much more expensive than the ones I found on NewEgg.
 
Shane_c82 said:
I picked one up for some OpenStack fun. Do you happen to know if any ECC/unbuffered will work on this box? I'm looking at these for 32GB, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239420, but not 100% sure if they will work on the board. I'm guessing they will but Kingston only lists two 8GB modules KTD-PE316E/8G and KTD-PE313E/8G both of which are much more expensive than the ones I found on NewEgg.
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That Kingston Memory you listed does not have ECC.
I cannot remember/do not know if ECC was a must for the T110-II


From an old post:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1650219

The following were known to work with the T110-II and SuperMicro X9SCx series boards.
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=D38GE133S2&c=CJ
 
Yeah, completely missed that the RAM I linked was not ECC. Probably going to get the Samsung or Super Talent from Superbiiz. Thanks.
 
First time poster and stumbled across this forum while looking for T110 related info.

I just purchased a Poweredge T110-II a couple of weeks ago and it was delivered early week. I live in Canada so some of the options and pricing on the Dell.ca website are not always the same as the USA.

In any case, the T110 I purchased has the I3 processor, 8 GB of RAM and a 1 TB drive which cost just over $520.00 Canadian including taxes.

I picked up locally, 3 x 2 TB drives which with the 1 TB drive, makes 7 TB total so far. I plan to add one more drive in the bottom inside of the case with a fabricated mount in the near future.

The server is being mostly being used for storage but also running a few virtual images for testing when required.
 
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Nice find, the $199 option will be a perfect replacement for our asterisk pbx at work that is running on an old SC440. The coupons are straight dollars off, so you could move up to an E3 xeon for 366 total.

The ibm is probably a better deal for that, you get a e3-1225 V3 for 399, or a e3-1220 v2 with the dell for 366.
 
what hardware raid card do you guys recommend for this system? (that will work with ESXi)
 
systemx said:
what hardware raid card do you guys recommend for this system? (that will work with ESXi)
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I am used to Dell PERCs - Rebadged LSI Megaraid Cards.
Dell Perc H700 ~ LSI 9260-8i <~~ HARDWARE RAID w/ BBU option
Past include PERC 5i and 6i as well - supported ESXi.

Lots of members use IBM 1015 SAS cards (it's also an LSI chipset board)

So pretty much any LSI chipset controller is likely to work with ESXi.
You can also check the VMware HCL to verify.
 
I read on another forum those ML10's have some issues, you should do your research before hopping on that one. Seems like a crazy price though. I think it was issues with the on board storage controller.
 
iroc409 said:
I read on another forum those ML10's have some issues, you should do your research before hopping on that one. Seems like a crazy price though. I think it was issues with the on board storage controller.
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No doubt ... one should _always_ do research before buying anything.
If you know of specifics, or can link to problems you heard/read about, please do.

I don't know of any issues with the controller - only it's limitations which
are listed in the documentation on HP's site (SATA II, <=2TB Drives)

Keep in mind ... "Compute Node" means no need for local storage at all.


If you can catch a PowerEdge T20 on sale for <$200 ..grab one of those (dual core Pentium) .. I prefer those at the same
price point.
 
https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/39etri/hp_proliant_ml10_on_sale_for_190_from_neweggs_ebay/

A few posts down, they talk about problems with them. May not be an issue if you're running off USB, and I don't know how far it goes.

Is HP still making you pay for BIOS updates? Maybe these are still covered.

ETA: I have a T20, and prefer my T110ii, but they are a good machine and I'd probably start there. The Lenovos are awesome deals these days, although some of the Lenovo controversies and proprietary parts (supposedly?) have kept me away. The TS440 (I think) would make a great storage server for a home user.
 
Hmm .. only thing I saw was one poster saying the built-in controller was "flaky".
Without context on how they were using it ...can't really get anything from that vague statement.

It seems HP provides updates for systems under warranty or to customers with support agreements - which does suck since these are relatively old systems.

The controller I'm not worried about ..but not providing updates once a system is not under warranty is sorry on HP's part.

Funny thing they mentioned HP's policy being like the Smartnet requirement from Cisco.
For a business ...yes sir... for a home lab ..mmm pass.

I guess buyer beware or at least be aware.
 
It's worth at least investigating.

They also mention you have to remove the HSF to R&R hard drives. Not a show stopper, but a pain in the rear. For many situations, the cost is so low it doesn't matter. How often do people do BIOS updates on stable systems, anyway?
 
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