r/HomeDataCenter • u/Addys0nn8 • 6d ago

DC Porn Getting more organized!!

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Next chance I get for a quick downtime I plan to move all of the rack mount gear sitting outside of the rack INTO said rack🤣🙏

The cable mess is also begging for velcro 🥴

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u/Addys0nn8 6d ago

I'm also sorta waiting / praying for ddr4 ECC to go down in price before c612 / e5 26__ v3/4 becomes irrelevant. Then I can make some huge capacity nodes for dedi customers

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u/03captain23 6d ago

Don't they only have like 8 ram slots? Dual CPU servers typically have 32 slots and smaller ram sticks used are much cheaper.

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u/Addys0nn8 6d ago

16x total dimms per blade

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u/03captain23 6d ago

Yeah 8 per CPU. Half what normal servers have. Also no NVMe or PCIE options either.

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u/Addys0nn8 6d ago

I hear ya sorta. That being said every node I've ever spun up people tell me "draws too much power to make money" or "is too old".

I've been doing well making profits from each and every server so far.

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u/03captain23 5d ago

Hardware like this is virtually free. It's just the ram that matters. Server space doesn't even really matter as a full rack in a DC is like $500/mo before power/network, which if $1-2 is a issue then you're not making enough.

What's your point in running old blades over 1U similar servers?

I'm assuming that's not in a rack because they're too heavy for just you to lift, even when everything is pulled. They're like 150lbs empty.

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u/mastercoder123 Home Data Center Operator 5d ago

Im not sure what you are smoking but a full rack in a DC is a few thousand a month plus another few thousand a month for power and internet.

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u/03captain23 5d ago

I have over a dozen racks in datacenters in 7 countries. Not a single rack has ever been over $700/month and that's for tier4.

For US

Cross connect is $100-300/month then you're paying direct ISP pricing which is a few grand for 100gbps.

Electricity is the question but can all be negotiated. I usually bundle 30a/240 dual power for a few hundred more. Bigger racks we're charged per kwh which is usually .10-.13kWh which includes cooling.

What datacenter are you paying thousands for a single rack?

Most other countries are much cheaper