Supermicro 4U Server Review

In my never ending quest to find the best deals on repurposed enterprise equipment. I came across this jewel being sold on eBay by seller "The Server Store".

http://www.ebaystores.com/THESERVERSTORE

The simple evaluation is that the seller does a great job shipping the products and the product itself represents a penny on the dollar bargain compared to attempting to peace meal something like this server together. The seller also takes the worry out flashing the raid controller card into IT mode for you.

I also show a higher speed registered memory kit for this motherboard but failed to mention that seller. They are MET Servers out of Dallas, who I have bought from in the past and I think are a great resource for components.

metservers.com

Notable issues with the seller was, the listing showed processor speed of 2.2GHz. and I assume the CPU's had to have been the V2 version but they were not. The server was also shipped without any power cables. Not a deal breaker but inconvenient. One drive bays activity light was unresponsive which was really NBD considering all that was in good order.

The Server Store sells a wide variety of used enterprise hardware and depending on what your willing to spend have product just a year or two old.

This is not a paid endorsement of eBay or The Server Store and the product demonstrated was paid for by me. The server is to be used as a simple file server and a platform for a Win VM replacing a aging PC that can't be upgraded. A follow up video will highlight the software install and add-ons I use to achieve best performance for the use.