These were originally built as a VSAN which I plan on replicating once I build a proper home vSphere environment. Each of the 740s have about 12TB raw in them but I’d like to load the 8 empty bays in each, anyone know where I can get a stack of cheap/used 1.8TB 2.5" SAS drives? I care more about capacity compared to speed as I plan on making the 440 a standalone all flash host.

  • snatch1e@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    r740s are still fine to be used for production, even with new 15 and 16 gens available.

      • snatch1e@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        That is what I am talking about, they are still good for running them especially for SMB, if they can get refurb servers with hardware support.

        • PoSaP@alien.topBEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Yeap, our customer using used R740s for VMware cluster and Starwinds VSAN for high availability. The only thing I would mention is not using refurb drives.