Thoughts on Used Supermicro servers?

[S4Rs]

yes, but most times it turns out to be more expensive than buying aachassis with the backplane you want in the first place.
both those statements don't go together very well. I have a 1U Supermicro server and the fan are called screechers for good reason. If noise is a concern, you should go for 3U or 4U which will have a lot more airflow.

The point I was getting at about the 1u server, is that if I get a 4u Gen v1 or v2 Xeon chassis now, can I get a 1u Gen v3 or v4 Xeon chassis later on and put its innards into the 4u system.

 

[S4Rs]

Hi Again. So I think this is model. Any thoughts?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPERMICRO...rentrq:910811ca1620aa16af68b474fffe69ed|iid:1

It has the SAS2 backplane, v2 processors, and a good amount of RAM. Is there anything I am missing or not considering? Thanks.

 

[danb35]

Generally looks good, but not sure if that RAID controller can be used as a simple HBA--you might need to replace it, but that isn't very expensive.

 

[Chris Moore]

What @danb35 said, and those 10 core CPUs are overkill for FreeNAS. With hyperthreading it gives you 40 threads and you are not likely to need that.
I would look for a similar configuration with higher clock and lower cores. A 2.6GHz 8 core or 2.8GHz. The higher clock will benefit single thread applications.

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