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Here’s the inside of The Grid. This is my server! Not for this site though

Why Should YOU buy a used server?

So, It comes as no surprise that I own a server, Well, a few of them.  And you might be wondering how I acquired them.

The answer? Cheaply and Used.

My main server is a Dell Poweredge R210 II dubbed “The Grid”. The Grid was acquired alongside a R610 from a local seller for a total of $250 for both machines. The R210 II was loaded with a Xeon E3-1220 and 8GB of RAM, I did have to put my own hard drive in it but that was no big deal.

But why do I bring that up? Well, Because it’s actually becoming a lot easier and cheaper to buy these old servers used! They still have quite a bit of power behind them (hell, The Grid runs a Minecraft server as well as a PLEX server!) and can be found for a few hundred dollars. I’ve seen multi CPU systems that are around 6-8 years old go on sale on Marketplace and eBay for as little as $200 as of recent.

So for those in the market for a decent server you can get for a good price, Get them used, It’s a good deal!

 

 

 

Created: April 09, 2023 @11:17AM UTC-5

Xeon E3-1220 Quad Core CPU

8.00GB DDR3-1600 ECC RAM

500GB SeaGate NVMe SSD

1.00TB Toshiba HDD

2.00TB SeaGate HDD

Rocky Linux

The Grid’s Specs            

Total Price Spent

Server- $250

2.00TB HDD - $50

500GB SSD - $50

1.00TB HDD - Ripped from a old laptop

Total - $350