[ale] Need to build a 2U system

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Mon Mar 11 11:59:26 EDT 2019


I built a server to act as my ovirt VM host.  Note that this parts list
was from ~3 years ago, and you probably don't need 256GB RAM, 2 Xeon CPUs,
etc.  So take the prices with a grain of salt.

-derek

Case	Norco RPC-2208
2U	$216.58	1	$216.58		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA3913UN3424&cm_re=rackmount_hotswap-_-9SIA3913UN3424-_-Product
Mobo	Supermicro
MBD-X10DAL-I-O	$301.98	1	$301.98		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182967
RAM	DDR4-2400 ECC Reg
4x32G	$729.99	2	$1,459.98		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820242279
RAM	DDR4-2133 ECC
Reg	$239.99	0	$0.00			http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5EM38F2486
CPU	Xeon E5-2620
v4	$434.59	2	$869.18		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117629
Case Fans	80mm fans
???	$7.50	4	$30.00		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186072
CPU Fans	GeminII
M4	$37.99	0	$0.00			http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA85V3T38447
CPU
Fans	BXSTS200C	$36.44	2	$72.88		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1UH3Z96669&cm_re=BXSTS200C-_-0R7-000D-00003-_-Product
Rails	RL-26	$40.00	1	$40.00		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811997301
Power	Corsair
AX760	$149.99	1	$149.99		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817139042
SATA	SFF8087
Cables	$16.98	2	$33.96		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816133033&cm_re=C-SFF8087-4S-_-16-133-033-_-Product
SSD	Samsung 850 EVO
2TB	$699.45	2	$1,398.90		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820147441
HDD	HGST 3TB
7200RPM	$119.99	2	$239.98		X	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16822145911

			Total	$4,813.43



On Mon, March 11, 2019 11:51 am, Chris Fowler via Ale wrote:
> I'm looking to build or buy a 2U system to replace one that is 11 yrs old.
>
> System is doing database slaving, backups, email forwarding, etc.
>
> Looking for:
>
> Reasonably fast
> 16G RAM
> 2x SATA drives to place in RAID1 via dmraid.
> Serial port for serial console would be nice.
>
> Any leads on where I could source this locally at reasonable price or has
> anyone built something recently and can share a parts list?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
>
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