Break my heart...what's the catch?

[Angry_Birds]

These seem ridiculously cheap, and I am looking at picking up maybe 2-3 for an ESXi setup. I have a handful of 1TB SATA II drives sitting around, so the lack of included storage is not an issue:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RACKABLE-2U...P_EN_Servers&hash=item1e6b409c71#ht_958wt_952

 

[dashpuppy]

These seem ridiculously cheap, and I am looking at picking up maybe 2-3 for an ESXi setup. I have a handful of 1TB SATA II drives sitting around, so the lack of included storage is not an issue:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RACKABLE-2U...P_EN_Servers&hash=item1e6b409c71#ht_958wt_952

only one tray included, and they are loud

good score tho..

 

[dave99]

That does seem like a decent deal, I just grabbed one also.

 

[-Jess-]

Bought the same model from another seller. Less RAM, higher price. Oh gawd.

 

[PanzerBoxb]

Oooo...tempting. I have a couple of 1TB SAS drives that need a home. I cannot find details on what connections the backplane supports. Drive trays look to vary in price from about $8 up to $20.

 

[Angry_Birds]

It looks like SATA...Does anybody know how loud these are? I have a pretty well insulated closet in my bedroom that houses all my gear, but if I'm going to have to deal with a constant humming when I'm sleeping I'll probably look elsewhere.

 

[l3thal6]

I may grab one of these guys too

 

[Nate7311]

do some ebay searching before you pull the trigger on that specific one. There are BUNCH of configurations out there.

 

[dashpuppy]

only dual core xeons ? humm, and i bet they are loud & power hungry too

 

[koolaidkitten]

will be great in the winter. It will heat your whole house.

 

[dashpuppy]

will be great in the winter. It will heat your whole house.

 

[REDYOUCH]

Those cases look horrendous... Still not a bad deal...

 

[D-EJ915]

Much better for $50 more (2x quad 2.5, 16gb ram)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Proliant...EN_Servers&hash=item460167de20#ht_2129wt_1163

Search for L5420 and you get tons of nice systems, it seems to be the most common quad 5400 series chip on ebay.

 

[00PS]

For the price, that seems like a pretty sweet deal! Hide it away in the basement and you're good to go.

 

[DisposableHero]

what are you guys using things like this for? seems pretty sweet for 200$ file server?

 

[dave99]

esxi lab box at work most likely, doesn't matter how loud it is there.

 

[DisposableHero]

Which one you guys end up getting?

 

[Stanza33]

What is a HP SE1101?

DL180 G5 clone?

Looks like they have a bucket load of them.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-40-Servers-Rack-HP-Proliant-SE1101-2x-Quad-Core-Xeon-L5420-2-5GHz-16GB-/280823936958?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item41626937be#ht_2234wt_758

Bugger, only ships to USA