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    Proliant GL360 G5 worth the price?

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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      @Dashrender said:

      That's my point! Of course for the DL380 G5, you can't get 6 TB drives. My machine only takes 2.5" drives, huge limitations

      With 6TB drives you just need two and a $299 Synology and you have that much 🙂

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
        last edited by

        Plus with a new NAS you get a warranty again, even if not of the same caliber. But if parts fail, they get replaced.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          @scottalanmiller said:

          Plus with a new NAS you get a warranty again, even if not of the same caliber. But if parts fail, they get replaced.

          LOL at that price I'm not sure I care about the warranty.

          The problem with this solution is no compute power. AND I need to make sure I don't have throughput issues.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
            last edited by

            @Dashrender said:

            The problem with this solution is no compute power.

            Why is that an issue? Once you have more power than you can leverage, why get more? More just costs more at the plug. Lower compute power more appropriate for your needs is actually a bonus.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
              last edited by

              @Dashrender said:

              LOL at that price I'm not sure I care about the warranty.

              It's still valuable. Everything is covered for years at under half the total price!

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                last edited by

                @Dashrender said:

                AND I need to make sure I don't have throughput issues.

                That's the only concern, are RAID 1 drives fast enough to take the data ingress.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by Dashrender

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  @Dashrender said:

                  AND I need to make sure I don't have throughput issues.

                  That's the only concern, are RAID 1 drives fast enough to take the data ingress.

                  I actually don't know - as much as I spout to others "what IOPs do you need" I've never successfully discovered my own need. I've tried a few tools a few times and walked away a day or two later just confused. Hard to admit..

                  I do admit I need help in getting that working so I can use it.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    It'll be IOPS, not throughput, that is your bottleneck here, most likely. You might need to go to a four bay unit. That will double the ingress rate. And 7200 RPM drives are a must, that means Red Pro, 5400 are almost certainly going to be too slow.

                    What data is being sent to this? How much over what period of time?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      Actually, don't answer that here. Post a new thread asking the question and just link to here as a reference. Put in the info about the $2K 2.5" RAID 6 idea and the NAS with SATA drives idea and let's run through some diagnostics.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender
                        last edited by

                        OK

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          Thanks! Now back to the regularly scheduled programming.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            Did the OP end up buying anything?

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                            • stacksofplatesS
                              stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by stacksofplates

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              Did the OP end up buying anything?

                              Yes, I got the DL380 G5. $190

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403
                                last edited by

                                And how is it working for you?

                                Are you happy with the purchase?

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller
                                  last edited by

                                  What did you load onto it?

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                                  • stacksofplatesS
                                    stacksofplates
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    What did you load onto it?

                                    @DustinB3403

                                    And how is it working for you?

                                    I'll let you know when I get it 😛 It should be here Wednesday.

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                                    • stacksofplatesS
                                      stacksofplates
                                      last edited by

                                      It arrived today! XenServer is installed and I'll be setting up VMs tomorrow.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        Awesome. Nothing like the feeling of unboxing your new server.

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