Dell PowerEdge sc1420

Schalch12,

I was given a similar but previous series to your sc1420 server, a Dell Poweredge 2600 and faced a similar dilemma- what to do with it.

Along with the gift server were two computers from the same era, a Dell Precision 390 and Dell Dimension E520, plus a very nice plotter, an E-size (42") HP. The two desktops were surplus to need- I have several more recent workstations, but I made a game of upgrading them to as high a rating on Passmark for the smallest amount of money.

Results for the two systems were better than expected, it was educational and inexpensive-a satisfying game. However, the price of these gifts was that I had to copy all the company's files from the Poweredge onto a USB drive. I made partition and file structure on the USB drive, thinking it would be easy as there was only 70GB of data. I set the Poweredge up in my office so I could watch it, but it was so extremely noisy, I had to put it- and monitor,K/B, and mouse in a bathroom down the hall and close the door. The file extraction took fifteen hours.

As I was contemplating the usefulness o fth ePoweredge, it seemed more and more obvious that I didn't really need it for work. If I wanted to link the systems I'm using, I could have file sharing via a local network. I have a lot of music media, but it's mostly on vinyl !, plus the server is so noisy, I couldn't use it at home.

Still, I do see a really use for th ePweredge and I'm going to keep it awhile, becuase of the educational value- I realized that if I need to learn enough about servers that by the time I really do need one for work, I'll know enough to be able to choose, configure, and set one up. Servers are going to filter into ordinary day-to day use further and further and I've learned wit software that by the time you really need it, it's too late to learn.

Everyone's goals and expeirence is differentt but I'd say turn it on and learn all you can about servers- you'll be dealing with them the rest of your life. If a use presents itself- and you have a place to isolate it from the noise, all the better.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 six-core @ 3.7 /4.0GHz > 16GB DDR3 ECC 1866 RAM > Quadro K2200 (4GB) > Intel 730 480GB > Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > Logitech z2300 > Linksys AE3000 USB WiFi > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440) > Windows 7 Professional 64 >
[ Passmark Rating = 4918 > CPU= 13941 / 2D= 823 / 3D=3464 / Mem= 2669 / Disk= 4764]

Pending upgrade: HP /LSI 9212-4i PCIe SAS /SATA HBA RAID controller, 2X Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB (RAID 1)

Dell Precision T5500 (2011) > Xeon X5680 six -core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz, 24GB DDR3 ECC 1333 > Quadro 4000 (2GB ) > Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > Linksys WMP600N PCI WiFi > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating = 3339 / CPU = 9347 / 2D= 684 / 3D= 2030 / Mem= 1871 / Disk= 2234]

Pending upgrade: PERC H310 PCIe SAS /SATA RAID controller, 2X WD Black 1TB (RAID 1)(Converts disk system from 3GB/s to 6GB/s)

HP z420 (2013) > Xeon E5-1620 four core @ 3.6 /3.8GHz > 24GB DDR3 ECC 1600 RAM > AMD V4900 (1GB) > Seagate 500GB > Linksys WMP600N WiFi
[Passmark system rating = 2372 / CPU = 9001 / 2D= 712 / 3D= 1353/ Mem= 2261 / Disk= 712]

Dell Precision T5400 (2008) > 2X Xeon X5460 quad core @3.16GHz > 16GB DDR2 667 ECC> Quadro FX 4800 (1.5GB) > WD RE4 500GB / Seagate Barracuda 500GB > M-Audio 2496 Sound Card / Linksys WMP600N WiFi > HP 2711X, 27" 1920 X 1080 and Dell 19" LCD > Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit >
[ Passmark system Rating = 1859, CPU = 8528 / 2D= 512 / 3D=1097]

Dell Precision 390 (2006) (Revised): Xeon X3230 quad-core @ 2.67GHz > 8 GB DDR2 ECC 667 > Firepro V4900 (1GB) > 2X WD 320GB >Linksys WMP600N WiFi > Dell 24" > 1920 X 1200 > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
[ Passmark system rating = 1458, CPU = 3699 / 2D= 431 / 3D=1350 / Mem= 885 / Disk=552]

Pending Upgrade: PERC 6/i SAS/SATA RAID controller, 146GB and 300GB 15K SAS drives from Dell Precision T5500 (Original)

Dell Dimension E520 (2006)( Revised): Core2 Duo E6700 dual core @2.66GHz > 4GB DDR2 667 > GeForce GT440 (1GB GDDR5) > 2X Dell 19" LCD > Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
[Passmark system rating = 1219, CPU = 2024 / 2D= 457 / 3D=978 / Mem= 828 / Disk=576]

HP Elite m9426f (2007) Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz > 8GB DDR2 667 > AMD Radeon 6650 > Seagate 750GB > Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit > Dell 17" LCD

Dell Optiplex 740 (2004) AMD Athlon X2 64 6000+ 3.0GHz, > 6GB DDR2 667 > Quadro FX 580 (512MB) > Seagate 750GB> NEC 22" CRT > Windows XP Pro 64-bit

Dell Dimension 8400 > Pentium 4 630 @ 3.0GHz > 4GB DDR RAM > Quadro FX570 > WD 760GB

Dell Dimension XPS T700R > Pentium III @ 750MHz > 768MB RAM> SCSI controller Ultra66 > 30 GB, 80GB IDE > Windows XP 32-bit