Blake RidgwayMar 4

I'm looking for a project to put my PowerEdge R710 to good use! My idea is to install FreeBSD on it and migrate some services currently running on Linux VMs via Proxmox on my PowerEdge R720. Since the software I'm using offers FreeBSD compatibility, this would be a perfect opportunity to utilize the R710's impressive specs:

Dual Intel Xeon X5560 @ 2.8GHz
288GB RAM (fully populated)
6x 1TB SAS drives

#homelab #sysadmin #selfhosting #tech #FreeBSD #Linux

Show threadchronically exhausted fatherMar 4

@blake I have a r710 and I'm very happy with it and bhyve and the debian VMs. I only wish I had room for a mirrored OS drive. Perhaps my only complaint is that it's bright yellow.

E5620 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 281.71 GiB

Show threadBlake RidgwayMar 4
@elliot Is it from the Google days? Those were some interesting chassis colors on the R710.
Show threadchronically exhausted fatherMar 4
@blake exactly, it was a google search appliance that was discontinued.
Show threadBlake Ridgway
@elliot My R710 is the lame silver one haha. I picked it up as-is with the hardware for about $200 a few months ago.
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