Inside a Dell PowerEdge 2950

[dellthinker]

@KDCvideos I know that Dell has their own certifications, but would I need a Server+ cert so that I could manage and maintain this machine?

[5689were]

Eing?

[adamsb33]

the dell remote access card @ 6:20. what slot is that in? I've never seen a slot where the pins are out like that?

[gobacktorussia]

I cant find anything about how servers work, I Need to speed up my animation rendering (3dsmax>vray) and I have found a load of dual xeon servers on ebay for cheap, What would I need to get one of these (just for rendering) or is it way to complicated to set one of these up for personal use?

[samw9345]

I'd leave the bezel off

[mptrax]

heat sinks, fans , transformers, more heat to dissipate ... servers are a totally mess of power (and losses).

[80sCompaqPC]

I have a Dell power edge 2300 with two 9.00 gb harddrives 1gb of ram and windows nt 4.0.

[vl316hotboy]

good vid

[TheChromebuster]

What's the background ambiance there?  I can hear something in the background, yet the server's off?

[KDCvideos]

@TheChromebuster There's another identical server that's on below it, also there's the HVAC unit behind me providing ventilation.

[Ormaaj]

Damn that little remote control board is sexy. I wish I had one of those for all my computers... hate it when I'm away at school and feel ballsy enough to make some kernel changes to the computer in my room (what could go wrong?)

[cdnstudman]

thanks for the info on the dual power supplies. i just got 8 poweredge's for free from a law firm, and want to sell them, but wanted to know what i am talking about before making a deal, so thanks for the info

[reps0lrr]

have 1 for sale 2200 if anyone interested . located in san jose ca. willing to ship. on ebay now

[bukobg]

Nice review, thanks.

[dankbot420]

yea the DRACs are cool

[jkk20]

lol dell propriatary rail wont work with dell servers ... mega lol ... but nice overview of the server man :D gotta love those sort of hardware

[rdt1970]

hi guys can any tell me what a case is called like a proliant ml530 do dell make something similar to ml530 thanks

[coldharbur00]

Awesome review here great video thanks!

[Husainkabira]

Thanks for the upload

[TheCheesyProductions]

wow, that's pretty loud fans in the background

[tehmonkey7]

i cant believe i watched it from start to finish... i dont even care...

[anontix]

@tehmonkey7 Shit, i did the same thing.

[itsmaxinthebox]

Fantastic video. It answered a few of my questions about component placement and one of my fears about the rails. Thanks! -Max

[rollerscapes]

Not fitting slides, tell me about it.

I called Dell explicit if it would fit, they told it would.

Turns out, it didn't! :|

[a2freaky]

loved this server

[MrShawn305]

Great video! I just got a PE 2970, basically the AMD equivelant of yours. I configed it with dual 2.6GHz six-core procs :D I have a video, I just need to edit and upload to youtube. Ill do that tonight. NICE SERVER!

[TUNA111111111111]

what is this computer for

[winterce]

Thanks a bunch for the overview. It was very useful!

[mylovleybabe]

nice machine man. Dell rulez . I like the sound. sounds like a jet

[PCKaido]

hmm.. i just read my comment over..

My bad.. I thought you were talking about playing a game. Guess not. Yeah it can be used as a normal computer.

[TravvyG]

can these be configured to be a normal computer? if so i want one must be so powerful. what is its Energy Consumption (watts)?

[PCKaido]

TravvyG, these computers can be configuerd to be a normal computer, but if you want them for gaming. I do not suggest you do.

These servers are used for application and webservers, etc.

You can game with the Dell Poweredge, but its "overkill"

[PCKaido]

the server I am is a IBM 346 that is about.. 500W

[fatboyuk3]

@PCKaido your a server

[jndk34]

I just got a Dell PowerEdge 6650 for £80. I want to use it in our smaller room, but the noise is.... erm... yep, you got it! lol.

Im not too worried about not having sound on there... all I want is just to keep my web hosting services running. Great video too.. found it very interesting.

[webpro12]

If the system crashes, instead of going to the back of the rack , you just use the ps2, vga15 pin and usb in the front. Just for easy access. Look up crash carts , they are a mobile workstation that allows a tech to fix the machine very quickly by using the front access ports! =)

[sadhan]

Good job man, i would be upgrading my server memory at my new job and never had a look into any of those PE. Now i am prepared for tomorrow :-)

[breebw]

Nice video, thanks

[ThrownFromHell]

How much did one of those server's cost?

[KDCvideos]

That one as configured was around $3500 without the OS. But this model starts around $1800 if you can live with out the fancy hard drives... I got one PE2950 for as low as $1600 shipped when it goes on sale and you don't want a lot of extras. Just check our Dell's website and play with the configuration tool. (Use the Small/Medium business section cause they seem to have sales and promo's more often)

[kinkaid25]

jesus that's quite cheap when i paid $4000 for my vaio without software :(

[KDCvideos]

You can't really compare laptops and servers. Servers don't have lcd screens, 3d video cards, a bunch of ports for connecting things, wifi, card readers, sound card, etc... All the money goes into processor, memory, and storage... and you only need so much of those 3 things for any given application. Also, you usually buy more than one of these... one for each application / type of server. One standard rack can hold more than 30 of these... so it's nice that they aren't too expensive.

[Victord2000]

@KDCvideos You can buy one of these now for $689.99 on overstock.

[KDCvideos]

I use the fixed PE2950 rails from racksolutions(dot)com because the dell ones have this part that sticks out and does not let our rear door close.

[ChrizRockster]

Perfect! I was just about to purchase the fixed rails from them here in the UK!!

I have exactly the same problem with my rack!

[Digalog]

@KDCvideos

Yeah they have those new size racks. Though they're very handy, especially for hooking up the power supply won't cost you any U's.

[ChrizRockster]

Just noticed also that you said the rails never fitted your rack! I have the exact same problem with the NF500.

What rails did you get to fix the problem? The hooks hang out the back on the Dell supplied ones.

[ChrizRockster]

The chassis looks exactly the same as the new Dell NF500 NAS we just installed lol.

Absolutely amazing piece of kit, had it up and running in 30mins, and serving files within an hour.

I think we are gonna grab a 2950 for our new PDC when we migrate it to new hardware. I assume its just as rugged as all the other Dell servers? We have 9 now and every single one is great.

Did yours come with the metal bezel? I think thats a really good decision by Dell to go back to the metal bez!

[KDCvideos]

Dell uses the 2950 platform for some of it's other products. We bought a "Windows Storage Server" from them that wound up being a 2950 with the special OS on it. I'm pretty sure the NF500 like that.

The bezel is included, but they take like $30 off the price if you don't want it.

[ChrizRockster]

Yea I imagine they just swap out the components, since making a solid base for multiple servers is a good idea.

I love how you can change the LCD display from the Server Administrator console, nice touch lol.