I came into possession of a surplus EMC Avamar Gen2 Xeon-powered, enterprise-class storage node. This thing, apparently, retailed for somewhere around $8,000-$11,000 new. There does not appear to be much in the way of a secondary market for these things (ebay only lists a dozen storage nodes for around $1,000-$2,000). I can't find detailed tech specs to find out whether or not it's worth it to open it up part it out. I'm not sure I can or could use it personally. So...
should I:
A) eBay it and hope it sells in the next 4-6 months.
B) Crack it open and part it out.
C) Turn it into a RIDICULOUSLY overpowered home server (it has 2 PSUs and came with 6 1TB enterprise drives (which I would not include in a sale because I don't know what's on them or if they've been scrubbed).
D) Trash it, because it weighs 50 pounds, sucks power, is enormous, and is worthless.
should I:
A) eBay it and hope it sells in the next 4-6 months.
B) Crack it open and part it out.
C) Turn it into a RIDICULOUSLY overpowered home server (it has 2 PSUs and came with 6 1TB enterprise drives (which I would not include in a sale because I don't know what's on them or if they've been scrubbed).
D) Trash it, because it weighs 50 pounds, sucks power, is enormous, and is worthless.