These were originally built as a VSAN which I plan on replicating once I build a proper home vSphere environment. Each of the 740s have about 12TB raw in them but I’d like to load the 8 empty bays in each, anyone know where I can get a stack of cheap/used 1.8TB 2.5" SAS drives? I care more about capacity compared to speed as I plan on making the 440 a standalone all flash host.
All nice until you pick up the power bill
For someone who lives in a not-as-wealthy country, it just blows my mind how people get these amazing equipment, for free?
I’ve been trying build something for my home for years and anything that can be called decent is basically immediately out of my budget.
R740s are great servers, but they are loud as hell. Hope you got a nice quiet place for those. Also they eat a ton of power. The more SaAS drive you add the power they eat. Still, I’m low-key jelly.
Eat too much power for home use. Better off getting a home NAS with 2 drives and selling these on eBay.
Uhh what kind of company hands out HDD:s outside of company premises that are not drilled through, crushed and burned, after that ashes are buried?
