Not quite. I'm researching everything!

The ProLiant 360 G5 looks like the choice in the HP side, and the PowerEdge 2950 for the Dell side.

Will wait to see if there's input from Zip's stepson. Meanwhile:

- rack rails for the HP are simpler and thus cheaper.
- disk caddies for the HP are more available.
- Dell supports both 2.5" and 3.5" drive form factors, HP only 2.5"
- Dell supports both SAS and SCSI drives in its RAID hardware, not sure about HP. This is important because SAS drives cost huge huge $$$

what spec are you looking for this is All greek to me

ftfy

Best use of ftfy, 2012. :)

I would say, just ask if they have some sorta program to get rid of old servers as cheap as eBay. Off-lease, refurbs, that sorta thing.

Now 100%+, wiggle room here allocated, thank you donor!

I'm sifting over every Craigslist within 200 miles.

This place in Harrisburg has a 2950 for $200 but the description is "iffy".

http://harrisburg.craigslist.org/syd/3180309844.html

I'm really tempted but the listing is 2 weeks old. I'll email and ask if it's still available. I head out Harrisburg way quite often. Mama lives across the river.

I am paying close attention since I want to set up a small server with potential here for my home network. I am not geek enough to do this myself, and no one here lives close enough to do it for me, so I figure I will just call Hire-A-Geek and have it done for me.

I do, however, want to be able to understand the Geekese when I hear it.

Pam

Old old friend of the Cellar, 1995-2001 Dwellar Failsafe just checked in with me on a 3 hour phone call. It turns out he has some Intel server hardware that might be available to us cheap. Although Intel is not HP or Dell, they can't be that far off -- and perhaps we can spend half as much on his server hardware as the database server and more on a newer HP or Dell for the main server? I wouldn't agree to anything without a full listing of what his gear is, what its value is on eBay and, most importantly, whether it's the right solution from a system engineering standpoint.

So, we are now waiting for input from Failsafe and Zippy in case there's something better or cheaper than our eBay solutions.

Lets buy a motorcycle instead!

Or spend the money on a big party!

I have that itch right now, thankfully I have no money!

How is ole Doc Failsafe?

I really wish I could talk to him, I need some advice.

Doing well he is! He's finally divorced his crazy wife and is looking to move on.

I talked to the Step son , he has no connections in the service dept any more , sorry