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Researchers have built server prototypes that re-use old components

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45 points rbanffy | 3 comments | 15 Nov 24 11:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.459s | source
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mistyvales ◴[17 Nov 24 00:52 UTC] No.42160997[source]▶
I find a lot of 10 year old Dell PowerEdge servers for basically free these days, some loaded with 128gb+ RAM. They work perfectly well with TrueNAS, pfSense, or even more powerful stuff. If you dont need a thousand cores, I always suggest them to people. Otherwise they end up in the dump..
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1. paulryanrogers ◴[20 Nov 24 13:07 UTC] No.42193600[source]▶
Aren't they very loud?

Isn't there a second hand market for enterprises?

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2. timschmidt ◴[20 Nov 24 13:41 UTC] No.42193850[source]▶
On supermicro boxes, one can download their IPMI configuration utility to adjust fan settings from full-blast to temperature-controlled, which reduces the noise to tolerable levels so long as it's not running at 100% load all the time.

On Dells this can be done in the BIOS.

3. linsomniac ◴[20 Nov 24 14:46 UTC] No.42194339[source]▶
The Dell machines can be quite quiet if you don't run them to full capacity. I have one in my office and it's basically silent.