FS: IBM System x3650 M4 HD Server, 2 x Xeon E5-2650 v2, 128GB RAM, 14 x HDD

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Krullos

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#315900 28-Aug-2024 21:23

Selling an IBM System x3650 M4 HD 2RU Server.

Running dual Xeon E5-2650 V2 CPUs with 8 Core/16 Threads each, Base Frequency 2.60 GHz and Max Turbo Frequency 3.40 GHz

128GB 133MHz RAM

HDD's are:

5 x IBM 900GB 10K 6Gb SAS 2.5" drives

7 x Dell 300GB 10K SAS 2.5" drives

1 x HP 146GB 15K SAS 2.5" drive

Has been running VMWare ESXi 7.0.3 without any issues.

Asking for $400

Pick up from Featherston, Wairarapa, or possible delivery (at small cost) around Wellington Region.

Krullos

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#3276843 29-Aug-2024 19:55

Any interest at $300?

CokemonZ

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#3277013 30-Aug-2024 10:50

As a heads up a month or two ago I tried to sell a server of a similar vintage and got this feedback:

Going to be brutally honest here.....

There is no value in anything below a G9 as it cannot run support versions of ESXi (7.0 and above) and Windows Server 2019

and once 2019 and ESXi 7 go EOL then there is no value in G9s either

Krullos

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#3279550 6-Sep-2024 16:33

CokemonZ:

As a heads up a month or two ago I tried to sell a server of a similar vintage and got this feedback:

Going to be brutally honest here.....

There is no value in anything below a G9 as it cannot run support versions of ESXi (7.0 and above) and Windows Server 2019

and once 2019 and ESXi 7 go EOL then there is no value in G9s either

Thanks for the insight - my OS of preference is XCP-NG which still runs this server very well - up to the potential buyer to decide if it suits their needs though.

Krullos

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#3279552 6-Sep-2024 16:35

Bump - Will accept $250, plus I have a friend driving up to Auckland this weekend, so if you get in quick the server can be brought up to Orewa for free.

Note: While clearing the RAID arrays today I noted that one of the 300GB drives was reporting as faulted - all other drives were reporting as healthy.

Krullos

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#3279820 7-Sep-2024 23:35

Any interest at $199?

Krullos

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#3280581 10-Sep-2024 08:46

Price drop - $149

cddt

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#3280585 10-Sep-2024 09:09

As cool as it would be to have these cores and memory to experiment with, I suspect most people are scared off by the power requirements - if you look at how much you would spend on electricity over say 2 years, you could take that amount and spend it on something new which sips a small fraction of the power while delivering the same compute...

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cddt

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#3280591 10-Sep-2024 09:16

I reckon you would have more luck on TradeMe - always someone looking for a bargain on there.

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