Harvesting spare parts from old IBM x3650 M1 - 187

[@logikgr]

Good stuff. Power is the "enterprise" enthusiasts biggest concern. I was running a 6-core machine, but sold it because it was using too much power. I had 5 VMs running on it. Now I just got a Dell R210 II, and that one is much lighter on my pocket. It uses 1/3 the power. Thanks for another great video!

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi logikgr Power is a big concern for me too. But when you i play with the big servers,, I can not sit and cry over every watt. I was at the cinema yesterday, this was an approximately 90 minutes long movie, it cost me 75 Danish crowns. (11.2$) I can play with my data center in two days for less,, in weekend mode,, i do shut down stuff wheen i am not here. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@evandavis5203]

Thank you for these videos, they have helped me put together my first home server for learning. Without these videos I wouldn't have been able to get anything to work, thank you.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Evan Davis Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@epd807]

Excellent video Morten!! eric

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi epd807 Did you get anything out of it, are you wiser now. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@epd807]

I'm always wiser after one of your server videos, more jealous too!! ericMy PlayHouse

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi epd807 It is a difficult balancing act ;-),,, have you added me in google+ Thank you for watching! :-)

[@srohith9]

This is my favorite server :)

[@MultiMegaMaxx]

Nice one!

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi MultiMegaMaxx Good parts. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@TheEvalButterfree]

Ive used just a box cutter to cut an opening at the end of my PCIe x1-4 connectors on some older motherboards and confirm this works at least for graphics cards.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Ambrose tant-phillis That is cool,, i just got some thinges from China,, that i am going to make a video on this topic,, making the video tomorrow or Monday. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@TheEvalButterfree]

My PlayHouse do you mean pcie risers? Yeah they work too, but most have much less bandwidth.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Ambrose tant-phillis I just completed the video shooting.. i did not get to the Pcie X16 to Pcie X1, that will be another future video. Two video's in front of it. so late this week.And add me to your Google+ Thank you for watching! :-)

[@Atilaibitiara]

Hi, which intel xeon do you recommend to have max speed on x3650 M1 I'm from Brazil, and I already signed up for the channel.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Atila Brito The E5450 it pretty cool,, I did a video on those! Thank you for watching! :-)

[@Atilaibitiara]

thank you

[@ITServerTech]

Do you get all these servers from work?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi ITServerTech I am not very good at throwing such things out. But we thrown much out. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@ITServerTech]

fair enough My PlayHouse

[@MrAtlantis646]

This server can handle xeons from the x54xx series

[@MrAtlantis646]

MrAtlantis646 Or not?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi MrAtlantis646 I have 9 that can. But there are different versions of the systemboard,, and not all can. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@MrAtlantis646]

Ok thanks

[@j1tapper]

i wish i can get 1 server like these just to save my stuff and try new things, just the server case / racks are so fucking expensive here, U$D 1.00 here is like $8.99 + importation... imagine that t_t

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi pingui Where are you from? Server hardware can be hard to come by some places. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@j1tapper]

My PlayHouse Argentina! isnt hard to get, its hard to pay these expensive prices. We were ARG money 1.00 - US Dollar 1.00 in some time, now is 8.99, so yeah! ( my life is sad ) no just kidding, atleast i have my computer to spend time :P

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi pingui okay,,,, here we pay 6.65 Danish kroner, for a $ and 7,46 for a € It all depends on how much local money you make,,, but if your money for importring stuff has gone down by 8,99 times,,, i see your pain :-/ but it must be good for exeports! Thank you for watching! :-)

[@TheEvalButterfree]

You can get some pretty good atom based server boards if it's just for messing around with. And just place it in a old computer. Still not cheap, but brand new and a lot more suitable for having running all the time and learning

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Ambrose tant-phillis They may well be a fun toys,, but the most powerful atom based server i cut find was this one: www.walmart.com/ip/Supermicro-SuperServer-5018A-TN4-1U-Rack-Server-Intel-Atom-C2750-2.40-GHz/39115134 And this CPU score : 3929 in PassMark,, so it will be about the same speed as a x3650 M1 with 1 x5450 CPU. This one has 2 Intel XEON x5450 for 169$ : www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-X3650-7979B9C-3-0GHz-QC-Intel-Xeon-X5450-48GB-RAM-No-HDD-/121644682014?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c52968b1e Yes it uses 300watts,,like 7,2kth a day,, so in the long run the Atom will be cheaper. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@Atilaibitiara]

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