I have an extra Server, but not sure what to do with it

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eriknorthrop

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It seems that I might be stuck with a server purchased about two years ago since no one is willing to give me a fair price for it. Since then, I have built another server that is more suitable to my needs therefore I'm kinda scratching my head at the moment as to what to do with this thing.

My question is, what are some good uses for this piece of hardware? Here are the specs taken from the craigslist listing:

1 - HP PROLIANT ML350 G5 SERVER 2x INTEL XEON QUAD CORE 3.00GHz, 12MB Cache, 1333 FSB, 64bit Instruction Set
16GB Fully Buffered ECC Memory - Upgradeable to 32GB
1 - New HP 3.5" SATA SAS FC Tray Caddy
1 - New HP 2.5" SATA SAS FC Tray Caddy
2 - SATA PCIe x1, 4 port, SATA 6GB, Non-RAID with Low Profile Bracket
4 - Thermaltake 3.5" HDD Converter for SSD/2.5"
7 - SATA 6GB/S Cables
This server has built in iLO (Integrated Lights Out), dual PSUs, and an updated BIOS.

The ideas I have are to run Security Onion or vSphere (as a learning tool), or something like that. My problem is that network sensors in my home do not need all that horsepower but i can see that experimenting with vSphere might.

Any thoughts?

Thanks for the help.
 
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drtweak
Yea 500 for that server is a good price in my opinion. I mean the 16 Gigs or ram for that thing are like 300 bucks alone if not more!

But yea if you can't get when you want for it then at least give it to someone who will use it for sure.
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Wow thats actually a decent server. Just upgraded a client with some E54XX series Xeons. Got dual quad cores and got Nic Teams setup with a new Raid 10 with 4 1TB 6Gbps SAS drives and it flies. What you were you selling it for might i ask?

And using it for Security onion or vSphere for learning isn't a bad idea. At least you will be putting it to use until you get it sold.
 
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eriknorthrop

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Its been on Craigslist for about 2 months and the best offer i got was 275. Obviously I didn't take it. With parts and everything that I am selling, I am estimative the reasonable value to be about $500 but my craigslist posting is only $375.

I just finished working out the details for a donation to a security club at my alma matter. These guys are really good and would probably put something like this to use.

I would have loved to tinker with vSphere and Security onion but the investment i just finished making in building my new server was a little more than expected and I would need a few SSDs and some 3/4tb 3.5s to get that solution working, well at least for security onion.

I appreciate the feed back and while I will not see any cash right now, at least I know where this thing is going and that it will be used.

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Yea 500 for that server is a good price in my opinion. I mean the 16 Gigs or ram for that thing are like 300 bucks alone if not more!

But yea if you can't get when you want for it then at least give it to someone who will use it for sure.
 
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I know what you could do with that server. Give it to me for about $10. That would be awfully nice of you. Or you could sell it to someone else on ebay or donate it. Or keep it for yourself to play with, like Penetration Testing.
 
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