[mythtv-users] Dell PowerEdge 2550 1 GHz as dedicated backend/storage..?

Matt Emmott memmott at gmail.com
Mon Nov 19 16:03:43 UTC 2007


On Nov 19, 2007 10:53 AM, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Nov 19, 2007 9:44 AM, matt lutz <myth.matt.lutz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 11/19/07, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > i've been considering migrating from an all-in-one (FE/BE) solution to
> > > a separate FE, BE (and possibly separate DB) solution for a little
> > > while now; but i don't have an extra machine to purpose as a dedicated
> > > BE.
> > >
> > > however, i just came across this deal:
> > >
> > > > 1 Dell PowerEdge 2550 1 GHz server with 256 MB of memory
> > > >     - contains QTY=2 18GB internal SCA Ultra-160 SCSI drives
> > > > 1 Dell PowerVault 220S disk array
> > > >     - contains QTY=10 18GB SCA Ultra-160 SCSI drives
> > > >
> > > > Come with LVD-SCSI cables and 3 power cords.  No operating system.
> > >
> > > the PowerEdge is a 1GHz PIII machine, which should be good enough for
> > > a BE considering all my capture cards are hardware MPEG.
> > >
> > > two questions:
> > > 1) does anyone know the what the availability of SCA Ultra-160 SCSI
> > > drives is like?  (i haven't Googled yet...)
> > > 2) would it be stretching this machine to function as a BE running
> > > comm flagging/transcoding and dealing with HD (when i get there)?
> > >
> > > i think i can pick this gear up for ~$200, which is quite a bit less
> > > than i was going to spend on a new BE.
> > >
> > > thoughts/comments?
> > >
> > > thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> > I think commflagging and definately transcoding will take *forever* on
> this
> > box.  That's a pretty old box.  In my opinoin, you'd be better off
> buying
> > newer hardware with a much faster CPU.
>
> thanks for the reply Matt.
> i may pick it up anyway for use as a fileserver.  only problem i see
> is availability of drives when they need to be replaced/upgraded.
>

That powervault can be used on any box with an external SCSI connector. I'd
build a dedicated BE and hook the array to that. It might take two
connectors, as some powervaults are split with two separate 5-disk sets.
Make one set a RAID 0 array for transcoding and it will fly!

Or just sell it all on ebay and buy some SATA disks. That powervault
probably goes for good money, and a 500GB mirror is probably more than
enough for your needs.  Not to mention, Powervaults are LOUD.
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