A co-worker suggested these rack servers as a good starting point for a home NAS build.
Is this overkill, or too old? Does the raid controller possibly bring up an issue?
Here are the specs:
MPN PREMIUMR710(800)
Processor 2x Intel Xeon E5649 - 2.53GHz 6 Core
Memory Installed 16 GB (4x 4GB)
Hard Drives 2 x Dell 300GB 10K SAS 2.5" Hard Drives
Drive Bays 8 drive bays, blanks not included
Riser Board 2 x Riser Board with 2x PCI-e G2 x8 Slots Per Riser Board
External Media Not Included
Power Supply One Hot 570W Plug High Input Power Supply
Backplane Backplane for 8 x 2.5" SAS or SATA Drives
Ethernet Onboard Quad Gigabit 1000 Pro - 4 Ports Total
Video Embedded Matrox G200 8MB
Form Factor 2U Rackmountable
RAID Controller Dell PowerEdge R710 PERC6i RAID Controller Card With Battery Back-Up
Remote Access Card Dell iDRAC6 Express Included
Front Bezel Not Included
Rapid Rails Rail Kit is Not Included / Includes RackMount Ears
Operating System Windows 2016 Server Evaluation Edition Only
Software Software Media or Licenses are not included
COA Not Included
Service Tag Several- Available Upon Request
Processor Manufacturer Intel
Processor Type Xeon
Is this overkill, or too old? Does the raid controller possibly bring up an issue?
Here are the specs:
MPN PREMIUMR710(800)
Processor 2x Intel Xeon E5649 - 2.53GHz 6 Core
Memory Installed 16 GB (4x 4GB)
Hard Drives 2 x Dell 300GB 10K SAS 2.5" Hard Drives
Drive Bays 8 drive bays, blanks not included
Riser Board 2 x Riser Board with 2x PCI-e G2 x8 Slots Per Riser Board
External Media Not Included
Power Supply One Hot 570W Plug High Input Power Supply
Backplane Backplane for 8 x 2.5" SAS or SATA Drives
Ethernet Onboard Quad Gigabit 1000 Pro - 4 Ports Total
Video Embedded Matrox G200 8MB
Form Factor 2U Rackmountable
RAID Controller Dell PowerEdge R710 PERC6i RAID Controller Card With Battery Back-Up
Remote Access Card Dell iDRAC6 Express Included
Front Bezel Not Included
Rapid Rails Rail Kit is Not Included / Includes RackMount Ears
Operating System Windows 2016 Server Evaluation Edition Only
Software Software Media or Licenses are not included
COA Not Included
Service Tag Several- Available Upon Request
Processor Manufacturer Intel
Processor Type Xeon