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what would you do with an old dell server? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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My dumbass was gonna strip it for parts.

Curious what you industrious folks would do with it?

Similar except 4x2 TB https://www.ebay.com/itm/316549741700

Inb4 put Linux on it

Edit: well it booted earlier and now it doesn't. 😵

THE DUST

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[–] greybeard@feddit.online 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Another worth while consideration is heat generation. That takes more power to offset that too. During the winter maybe it wont be so bad, but it can be brutal in the summer.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Another worth while consideration is heat generation.

Indeed. I put my rack in the closet. Cut in a 500 cfm inline exhaust fan to the attic. Then I wired it to a thermostat. That way it's not constantly sucking 500 cfm of AC into the attic in the summer and heat in the winter. Then sound bat and insulation to keep the drone of the fans to zero with the door closed. Seems to work nicely. But yeah, when you step up to enterprise equipment and legacy at that, associated cost are worth considering.