Mirfster
Doesn't know what he's talking about
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Yeah, I am talking about my Dell PowerEdge C2100/FS12-TY Servers. They are of the older class but as long as you don't go above version 1.7 of the BMC Firmware they are quiet (I mean super quiet...). There are of course Pros and Cons to using this platform, but I have been super pleased with them and what I have put them through.Mirfster you're talking about your dell servers? I was considering those but do they make a 24 bay version? Or just buy 2 12's? Maybe even a smaller 2.5" version?
As far as the version that does accommodate 24 x 2.5" drives, be careful when purchasing one (if you can find it). I bought two of these units for a steal on EBay @ $200.00/each (pretty much where I get all my stuff; since I don't mind working on something considered "used" when I burn it in properly). Anyways, they did not include the actual 2.5" trays. Now, when trying to purchase just the hard drive trays I was looking at ~$26.00/each. So for 50 (cuz I wanted to have 2 extra) that would have been $1,300.00 alone...
Long story short, I waited and searched (a lot) and finally found a person who sold me 50 of them for something like $14.00/each. So, I happily paid an extra $700.00 just for empty trays (almost twice what I paid for the Servers)... Now, these Servers are waiting until 2.5" price drives drop before I even think about populating them...
Edit: Here is the thread on the 2.5" trays saga: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/2-5-inch-drives.40162/
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