How to save money when buying a server?
MikeMalsom wrote:Rod and Mechanicus beat me to it...a couple smaller hosts, while not as powerful, may be more value for your money, and a nice storage array (or 2). This is kind of an "all my eggs in...
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Eric M wrote:The Op has said that storage isn't the issue - 20-30GB per DB x 100 is only 3TB Space wise it may not be, but 100 x 30TB DBs hitting the disk, IOPS will be an issue unless the disks are...
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Be careful i find cutting costs upfront can lead to big bills down the road especially if its running mission critical stuff. But you can find some good refurbished equipment I've had luck on Aventis,...
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I've always had good experiences with Stallard Technologies. For example, here's a special that they're currently offering:http://www.stikc.com/VM-Cluster-3x-Dell-R620-VSphere6?sc=7&category=1003...
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Cerbere wrote:I've always had good experiences with Stallard Technologies. For example, here's a special that they're currently...
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All my business critical servers are up in the cloud. Can't beat it for continuity and for access to continuously improving hardware provided by the cloud vendor. Cost-wise, today's physical servers...
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HP Renew Program (Not sure if Dell do something similar)Remember Dell and HP do bid pricing, so you can shave a load off if you needOem the data centre licence or get on an OVS if you don't have a nice...
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I have been buying Supermico servers recently and just building my own. I was actually able to buy 2 chassis and build one out fully for still 40% less than the best price dell could offer. That way,...
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Refurb Refurb Refurb; Granted you need to go with a good refurber but most of the time the hardware is in pretty good shape. (Most of it comes from data centers that refresh every 2-4 years). We use...
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If you are already thinking about sticking your own drives and RAM in the box you could go with the Dell outlet site that sells refurbished along with scratch and dent machines. I have been getting...
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David7573 wrote:All my business critical servers are up in the cloud. Can't beat it for continuity and for access to continuously improving hardware provided by the cloud vendor. Cost-wise, today's...
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I like the lenovo stuff personally. The sheer testing that's done and innovation on those devices bar none is some of the coolest i've seen. I know a thinkserver may not be a fit from a configuration...
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Hey OP, if UCS would work, you might consider Cisco UCS C240 M3s. We currently have a good number of them in stock with this configuration for $12,500 used. PM me if you're interested or have any...
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Go for the better product and single-source the complete machine from either Dell (first choice) or HP (second choice). Don't risk your server investment on Lenovo, they're just not up to par. Save a...
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Oh, yeah, you can order the server without the floppy drive (the picture of the ancient server at the top of the post got me thinking LOL)
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You can get a beastly supermicro server with SSD's with a much lower markup, (the drives were priced lower than I had ever seen). Than throw in a NVMe (Intel or Samsung) for the SQL DBs. Don't forget...
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Really, really good ideas. To clear things up.This is not a production server. We have other servers for supporting mission critical apps, DBs, collabs, etc. We have tons of local storage. This is a...
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This article may help with your Big Data project, http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2013/05/24/zfs-on-linux-and-mysql/
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