Possible Untangle HW for under $200

[gotkimchi]

Haven't tested this. Looks like geeks.com is selling many blade servers for under $200. (They are refurbs)

http://search.geeks.com/?SH=A%3dserv...&AnswerID=3170

[juank]

Blades ??? or rackable servers?

[u3b3rg33k]

Yup, I've seen their list of refurbs. I've half a mind to buy some of that stuff at some point, but I'd put it though some serious stress testing before turning it around to a client.

Some of those have some pretty decent horsepower for the price. It's hard to go wrong with dual Opteron 2.0 GHz processors, 4 GB RAM and a 120 GB hard drive, at under $200, especially when an enterprise grade 4 drive raid system will run close to $1000 (assuming you don't need it to have said raid setup).

[hescominsoon]

blades require a blade enclosure..that is just the blade but not the enclosure..so good luck.

[Rick@BBM]

Just use a Jetway dual gigabit nic C7 itx board for $99, with a cheap ITX case and a gig of ram and a cheap hdd. $175 out the door for a untangle system good for 20 users.

[RoSic]

Technically, these aren't blade servers and shame on Geeks.com for listing them as such. They all look like 1u rack servers to me. They have a cool looking Appro Dual Opteron for $140. Has dual ethernet ports, plenty of memory and disk. Should work. Maybe I'll pick one up to play with it.

[hescominsoon]

if they are truly 1u then it's a good deal...:0 When i first looked at it they showed actual blades not 1u's..<G>

[hanoj53]

Just wondering if anyone had any luck with the Appro hardware. Thinking about ebayn one for giggles. Good or bad... pls let me know.

Thanks.

[johnny499]

they are 1u rack mount 26" deep. very loud fans (8).
untangle loaded first try, found all hardware, dual processors, 3 nic's, 4 gig of ram (8 * 512m), 120g hard drive, and such. will be putting in place of existing unit when i get back from vacation. i love untangle

p.s. it is the verari 4r

[Spiral]

The noise is one thing I was worried about. Not an issue if in a closet, but otherwise some of these rack units sound like a jet... Any way to quiet some of these units down, aside from disconnecting some of the fans, and maybe if dual powersupply only using one.