Dell C1100 for BI usage

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Adam Ginsberg

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Oct 24, 2016
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I've got a Dell C1100 1U server sitting idle (2x Intel Xeon Quad Core E5540 2.53GHz, 8MB cache, with 8GB RAM but can increase that as I've got a bunch of chips laying around), with 4 500GB SATA drives. I'm aware it's not the best with respect to power usage, but it's only going to run BI with ~6-8 IP cameras (1.3MP and 3.0MP).

Free is a quality hard to overlook.

Thoughts on using this as a BI server?
 
Adam Ginsberg said:
I've got a Dell C1100 1U server sitting idle (2x Intel Xeon Quad Core E5540 2.53GHz, 8MB cache, with 8GB RAM but can increase that as I've got a bunch of chips laying around), with 4 500GB SATA drives. I'm aware it's not the best with respect to power usage, but it's only going to run BI with ~6-8 IP cameras (1.3MP and 3.0MP).

Free is a quality hard to overlook.

Thoughts on using this as a BI server?
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That thing is a power hog, its not free and will cost you much more to run than a 100 dollar sandy bridge based i5 system. Buy an efficient system, it will pay for itself.
 
As I mentioned previously, I'm aware it's not the best WRT power usage, and that a newer, more efficient machine will reduce power consumption. I'm not trying to be rude, but power usage wasn't my question - just need to make certain it can handle ~6-8 cameras. We've been testing it on a VM, and I've been pressing to get it on it's own physical server. That's what I've been given to use.

We all have to learn to make lemonade when given lemons, no?
 
Adam Ginsberg said:
As I mentioned previously, I'm aware it's not the best WRT power usage, and that a newer, more efficient machine will reduce power consumption. I'm not trying to be rude, but power usage wasn't my question - just need to make certain it can handle ~6-8 cameras. We've been testing it on a VM, and I've been pressing to get it on it's own physical server. That's what I've been given to use.

We all have to learn to make lemonade when given lemons, no?
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No, you should be smart about it...you are wasting your or your companies money, that is very dumb....put a killawatt meter on that machine and test for yourself...
 
Fenderman - I appreciate the time you spend helping folks out on this forum. I understand your perspective on reducing power consumption, and don't argue with it at all.

They loathe buying new hardware when there are servers laying around, as "reduce/reuse" is the mantra. I've looked around, lightly, for some refurb stuff....but if I'm going to be successful on a replacement machine, the outlay has to be less than $300. If you could help point me in the direction where you go looking for replacement machines, it would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
Adam Ginsberg said:
Fenderman - I appreciate the time you spend helping folks out on this forum. I understand your perspective on reducing power consumption, and don't argue with it at all.

They loathe buying new hardware when there are servers laying around, as "reduce/reuse" is the mantra. I've looked around, lightly, for some refurb stuff....but if I'm going to be successful on a replacement machine, the outlay has to be less than $300. If you could help point me in the direction where you go looking for replacement machines, it would be appreciated.

Thanks.
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