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Server Build - thoughts?
I've been looking at racking up a stack of servers with the following standard build:
Supermicro Chassis
E3 1230v2
4-32GB RAM
4 x 1TB Sata
Dedicated IPMI port
The option to customise ram and drives would be available. With the above in mind, I have a few questions:
1) Do you feel it's better to have the 4-bay chassis or would you like lower prices for a 2-bay chassis?
2) If you were to upgrade the RAM/drives, would you rather a 1 time fee and the same monthly cost or an increase in monthly cost?
3) Would you prefer smaller drives to help reduce the monthly cost? Say, 4 x 500GB instead of the 1TB.
Happy to listen to any feedback the community may have. If I go ahead with this I'll be sure to repay you all with a sunrise offer 
Cheers.
Comments
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onetime
no
Cheaper to get the 1TB to be honest, for price:spec ratio.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Caviar-SATAIII-Internal/dp/B00461G3MS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1367919295&sr=8-1&keywords=500GB+hard+drive
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-internal-Hard-Drive/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1367919314&sr=8-2&keywords=1+tb+hard+drive+blue
I'd rather have a 2 bay and be able to put 4SSD's in there, or 4 bay for a small storage node.
I'd like the option to do both, depends on how much the one-off is. Some providers are just a little crazy with One-offs.
Good luck
It's stupid to buy 500GB drives these days, the price difference between 500GB and 1TB is small, so I don't bother, 1TB minimum with any server.
Have a mix of the 4 and 2 bay chassis, most people go with 2 drives anyways.
I prefer on having everything monthly for dedicated servers, but having both the option of buying addons onetime and paying per month is also good.
Is this going to be $49/month? That's the dedi guidelines here
Also wondering that too, this might make me jump ship from elsewhere
No, not quite. Not for that spec
It doesn't fit the offers criteria then?
This isn't an offer, it's in the 'general' section.
I was merely looking for some thoughts on the build and what would be preferred
Any HW RAID?