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December 18th, 2008 12:00
8gig simms compatible with poweredge 2950
I have 32 gig in my Poweredge 2950 (8x4). I run Hyper-V on it and am out of physical memory to assign to new VMs. I have tons of disk and CPU left. That means to go to 64gig, I have to yank 32gig (which I will then have no use for) and Dell wants $8300 for 8x8 gig of memory. That's absurd. The entire system was only $7000 with 32gig. It would make more sense just to buy another whole server.
Am I just looking for 8gig DDR2? Or is there anything special about these things?
This is what's in there now per my order confirmation:
1 223-4486 Quad Core Xeon X5460 Processor2x6MB Cache, 3.16GHz, 1333MHz FSB, PE2950
1 311-7925 Quad Core Xeon X5460 2nd Processor, 2x6MB Cache 3.16GHz, 1333MHz FSB, PE2950
1 311-6327 32GB 667MHz (8x4GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs
1 430-2968 LOM NICs are TOE Ready
1 320-4607 Riser with 3 PCIe Slots for PowerEdge 2950
1 341-4424 300GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug HardDrive
1 341-5734 PERC6i SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, Int, PCIe, 256MB cache, x6 Bkpl
1 341-3685 No Floppy Drive for x6 Backplane
1 420-6320 No Operating System
1 310-0024 Mouse Option None
1 430-1764 Embedded Broadcom NetXtreme II5708 GigabitEthernet NIC
1 313-3923 Dell Remote Access Card, 5th Generation for PowerEdge Remote Management
1 313-3934 24X IDE CD-RW/DVD ROM Drive for PowerEdge 2950
1 313-3920 Bezel for PE 2950
1 311-7936 1x6 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives
1 310-7415 Electronic Documentation and OpenManage CD Kit, PE2950
1 341-4424 300GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug HardDrive
1 341-5724 Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 10, PERC 6/i Integrated
1 310-7412 Universal Sliding Rapid/Versa Rails, includes Cable Management Arm
1 310-9897 Redundant Power Supply with Y-Cord
1 341-4424 300GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug HardDrive
1 341-4424 300GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug HardDrive
1 341-4424 300GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug HardDrive
1 341-4424 300GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug HardDrive
1 984-1399 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus Onsite Service Inital YR
1 970-4070 Basic Enterprise Support: Business Hrs 5X10 Next Business Day Onsite Service Post Problem Diagnosis Init YR
1 984-1417 Dell Hardware Warranty, Extended Year(s)
1 960-8162 Basic Enterprise Support: Business Hrs 5X10 Next Business Day Onsite Service Post Problem Diagnosis 2YR Ext
1 960-8192 BASIC Enterprise Support: Business Hrs 5x10 Hardware Only Tech Phone Support, 3Yr, Declined Software Support
1 990-0569 DECLINED CRITICAL BUSINESS SERVER OR STORAGE SOFTWARE SUPPORT PACKAGE-CALL YOUR DELL SALES REP IF UPGRADE NEEDED
1 900-9997 On-Site Installation Declined
1 310-8977 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forBSD Systems Boxes
*Sales Tax: $334.10
Shipping and/or Handling: $29.99
Product Sub Total : $6,709.52
Total Order Amount: $7,073.61
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December 18th, 2008 15:00
Nice HOT machine!!!....
Dells price does not seem off the mark. Checked a few other suppliers, same or higher prices....
http://www.memorydeal.net/samsung-m395t1k66az4-ce66.php
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To run VM (s), it not worth it. Your would be better off with another server fully populated with 4 Gig modules, which are about $168 per module , in pairs are still 1/3 the price of a single 8 gig, with a limit of 40 Gig on the mobo. If you go with the 8 Gig modules, you can run your VM, but your VM is handicapping your server anyway, so you might as well have two thoroughbred servers instead of one handicapped. Even if you must run a VM, the second server could focus most of it resouces on the VM.
I do not know you raid setup (drive specs look good), but if you go another unit, get the same drives, make sure you get a spare drive or two.