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Optiplex or Dell R210ii (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am doing some upgrades and a big part of that for me is aesthetics and future upgrades.

I currently have a couple 7020 I5 Dell Optiplexs but I am thinking about purchasing a couple Dell R210ii.

Is this a crazy move? I love the idea of a small 1U rack mount server and plus they are cheap. I can pick them up for $150 while I would be paying $150 alone for a chasie.

Is this a crazy move?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Intel Xeon Processor E3-1240 running in my R210 II. That's a CPU with four cores and eight threads. Source : https://imgur.com/a/AMmFbnn

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I stand corrected. It has been a few years since I had a working r210ii in my homelab & my remembering of the technical guide was rusty.

For future people, section 6.3 has the list of supported CPU's.

https://i.dell.com/sites/content/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/r-210-2-technical-guide.pdf