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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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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Depends on the specs. If it's really old the power consumption will cost more than you'd spend on newer hardware. I have such a box sitting at home doing nothing. It's cheaper to rent a hetzner dedi.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For real. I got my hands on a fully loaded PowerEdge 2900 around 2017 and it added almost $100 to my monthly power bill.

But did your winter heating bill go down? Asking for a friend.

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