Use is to hold a mirror of local site server data. I can't buy a MB, CPU & Memory much less a HDD capable case, ps, network, ipmi etc for that amount. That's easily handled with a R710 and with 16-32GB of memory and no HD's are probably under 300 bucks. My needs are for 8-12TB (which includes growth) and also the ability to tinker with 10GB. I even have an IBM Server Raid card that I wasn't able to use in my older hardware that could go right into a Dell system. It didn't seem like there were enough cost effective upgrade options in 2.5". I'd probably buy one with 6 3.5 drives since I don't want to get stuck in the 2.5" world. Every time I try to spec a system on 2nd or 3rd gen older hardware it keeps exceeding the cost of a decent R710. I'm now looking to build a decent freenas box and keep coming back to used Dell server hardware as a possibility. Recently I bought a Dell R710 for 377 bucks on eBay with 48GB of memory and a few 2.5" hd's and built a nice ESXi system. Problem is, hardware is old and I keep running into stumbling blocks trying to get really good performance out of it. Have had Freenas installed for a few weeks. I've been toying around with a leftover server that happened to have an 8 drive cage and an array controller that does jbod.
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