I'm considering the purchase of multiple http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerE...263261?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item3cd0b0761d or alternatively one http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerE...969100?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item3cda079a4c In order to get myself much more familiar with vmware (and eventually openstack). I believe there's a 32 GB limit for versions older than 5.1(ish) [for freebee folks like myself]. I'll likely be going with version 6, so the ram limitation may not be an issue. I'm thinking that having the multiple platforms will make self training with the various migration and aggregation resources easier. I am concerned about noise and power. But, for the price, I have to make some compromizes.
Would these items be suitable candidates for the prices? Has anyone else used these particular servers (or perhaps made lower priced bids from this vendor?).
If I go this route, disk storage will be the next aquisition (so feel free to point out gotchas so I can be aware of them now)
My intent is to create something suitable for training for myself for near a grand. (plus or minus),
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also considering a 4 node 6100 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerE...690674?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item51bddc6d32
Would these items be suitable candidates for the prices? Has anyone else used these particular servers (or perhaps made lower priced bids from this vendor?).
If I go this route, disk storage will be the next aquisition (so feel free to point out gotchas so I can be aware of them now)
My intent is to create something suitable for training for myself for near a grand. (plus or minus),
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also considering a 4 node 6100 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerE...690674?pt=COMP_EN_Servers&hash=item51bddc6d32
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