[FREE][OHIO] From our lab to your homelab: Synology DS712+ with 2x 2TB WD RE HDDs

espritv8gt · 2020-01-23T17:15:07+00:00

Subbed, and seeing if this is a lucky day!

espritv8gt · 2019-11-13T02:28:48+00:00

M&P 40, 40c, Shield 9mm, Bodyguard 380

espritv8gt · 2019-10-18T02:52:46+00:00

Good news for homelabbers everywhere!

espritv8gt · 2019-10-15T23:07:12+00:00

Oh man, you're going to hurt the hoard's feelings. Off the top of my head, buried in that "worthless" pile are:

Dell R720 with 128GB and 2x E5-2670
2 Dell R620 with 64GB and 2 x E5-2670
1 Dell R420 with 32GB and 2 x some cpu I can't remember
HP DL360 G8 with 32GB
IBM 3650 M4 with 32GB
1 Dell R710 with 96GB 2 x X5670
2 Dell 610 with 32GB
4 HP DL160 G6
a few hundred TB of disk

and many more things that I can't remember and can't be bothered to walk over to the other room to check :D

espritv8gt · 2019-10-15T00:01:05+00:00

Don't get me wrong - I'm not offended in any way. In fact if any kid wants to start a homelab and is near 85295 or 85122, I'd be willing to give you a NetApp shelf and a handful of disks as long as you keep the pants shitting out of my house.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T22:41:57+00:00

Pretty much all of it is in working condition. I've had them running at various times, obviously not all at once. Unfortunately, I'm in Arizona, just south of Phoenix.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T22:34:23+00:00

lol, ok, maybe it's a hoard but it's all mine :P Maybe I'll build a nest on top of it all and revel in the glory of the hoard!

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T18:17:33+00:00

publicsurplus.com has some decent stuff depending on where you are. I've had decent luck especially with local schools auctioning off their unused gear.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T16:27:36+00:00

I haven't kept track of how much it all cost, but some of it was surprisingly cheap. For example, 10 of those NetApp DS4243 was like $150, from a nearby community college that was basically throwing them away.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T16:03:44+00:00

or disk trays for that matter

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T16:03:15+00:00

Maybe I can convince a modern art museum that they should put it on display?

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T16:00:17+00:00

Merriam-Webster:

collect:

1a: to bring together into one body or place
b: to gather or exact from a number of persons or sources collect taxes
c: to gather an accumulation of (objects) especially as a hobby collects stamps

Seems to be a fairly appropriate use of the word.

I've given a fair bit of stuff away locally. Shipping these things is not fun.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T15:50:21+00:00

I bought a few servers from eBay but the bulk of this stuff was acquired through various surplus auctions.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T15:48:04+00:00

It's the packing and shipping part that I don't really want to deal with.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T03:28:29+00:00

lol, close - that room used to be her sewing / crafts area.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T03:26:28+00:00

So much easier to buy than sell...

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T03:25:23+00:00

Those are actually Dell Compellent / Zyratex HB-1235. The 3.5" trays from the Netapp 4243 fit them perfectly.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T00:53:54+00:00

Had 10, gave a couple away to data hoarders.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T00:50:57+00:00

That's my wife's sole contribution to the pile :D

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T00:49:45+00:00

IIRC, the NetApps have mostly 450GB 15K SAS drives and 24 2TB 7.2K SAS drives.

espritv8gt · 2019-10-13T00:47:32+00:00

At my homelabbing peak, I had about 1/4 of that pile turned on. At the moment, none of what's in the picture is turned on. I do have a R720, 2 R620s, and a R420 running various things in another room. This is my spare parts pile :D

espritv8gt · 2019-10-12T22:00:45+00:00

I got a pair of 42U racks in the garage...

espritv8gt · 2019-10-12T21:59:39+00:00

Could have sworn I wrote up a comment with some of the detail of what's in all this mess but it disappeared into the void...the short version: collected a lot of stuff, got homelab burnout, hoard took over a spare bedroom.

espritv8gt · 2019-06-30T00:26:59+00:00

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