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Dell PowerEdge T620 Server 2TB to 12TB storage / x2 Xeon / 32GB RAM - $375 (Cedar Park)
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It has iDRAC7 Enterprise licensed on the board, which is the feature that matters most day to day. Full remote console, virtual media, power control, and hardware monitoring from a browser, so you can install an OS and fix a boot problem without ever plugging in a monitor.
There's a lot of headroom in it. 24 DIMM slots supporting up to 768GB, seven PCIe slots with six of them open, and a second power supply bay if you want redundancy. The processors are the entry tier of the E5-2600 family and drop-in replacements like the E5-2670 are cheap, so there's an easy path to a much faster machine later.
It's sold ready for whatever you want to run, so Proxmox, TrueNAS, Unraid, ESXi, Windows Server, or any Linux distro.
Drive caddies are not included with the additional drives in the options below. They run about $15 each on Amazon.
Specs, OPTION 1:
Dell PowerEdge T620 tower server
x2 Intel Xeon E5-2609 quad core processors at 2.40GHz, 8 cores total
32GB DDR3 ECC registered memory - (24 DIMM slots, up to 768GB supported)
2TB 7200 RPM SAS hard drive
x12 hot swap 3.5" drive bays with onboard SAS expander
PERC H710 hardware RAID controller with 512MB cache
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 support
iDRAC7 Enterprise remote management with dedicated network port
x2 Intel Gigabit ethernet NICs
x7 PCIe slots, 6 open
495 watt hot plug power supply with a second bay open for redundancy
Internal dual SD card module with x2 32GB SD cards in them for an OS like ESXi
DVD-ROM drive
VGA output
Drive caddies are not included with the additional drives in the options below. They run about $15 each on Amazon.
OPTION 2: $75 more
Same as option 1, with a second 2TB 7200 RPM SAS drive added that can be used in RAID1 for redundancy, or RAID 0 for 4TB of storage
OPTION 3: $240 more
Same as option 1, but the 2TB drive is replaced with x12 1TB 7200 RPM SAS drives, filling every bay for 12TB of raw capacity across twelve spindles.
OPTION 4: $1000 more
Same as option 1, but the single 2TB drive is replaced with x5 2.4TB 10,000 RPM SAS drives for 12TB of raw capacity and faster speed. These are the faster 10K drives and all five test healthy with zero bad sectors and zero uncorrected errors.
You can see it powered up and running before buying, and it comes with a 6 month hardware warranty.
Thanks for looking, feel free to reach out with any questions.