nerd shit
ummm cool tour of my server rack yay yay!!
this is really out of date though ill update it later
pretty much everything was purchased for a reeeally good price!! yay!!
click the fun hyperlinks to see specs and what they run and stuff ^_^
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my main server is a Dell Poweredge R230 i bought on ebay on 13/06/2025 for £29.99 total (including shipping)
it arrived on the 19th and came with pretty much everything except storage
my switch is a Cisco SGE2000 24-Port Gigabit Switch i got from facebook marketplace on 17/04/2026 for £20
it's great i love it i love my Cisco SGE2000 24-Port Gigabit Switch
i have two servers i was gonna set up a fun proxmox cluster with but the storage controller of Server B doesnt work
im just gonna call them "Server A" and "Server B" for now because that simplifies things i guess
Server A is a HP Proliant DL360e Gen8 i got from ebay on 15/04/2026 for £41.70 total
it arrived 21/04/2026 and came with everything yay
Server B is a HP Proliant DL120 Gen7 i got once again, from ebay. i got it on 18/04/2026 for £30.80 total
it isnt doing anything rn lol
i don't actually have a rack yet it's just all on the floor
i'll get one eventually
extra parts
i put 2x IBM 49Y6210 - 4TB 7.2K 6Gbps NL SAS 3.5 G2HS HDDs in my main server
i got them on amazon on 05/11/2025 and they cost £39.98 for both >-<
i got a Dynamode 6 Way Horizontal 13a Switched PDU from amazon for £22.50 but it hasnt arrived yet lol
2x kingston 120gb ssds from facebook marketplace for £20 total that i picked up in a sketchy alleyway