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Inside a Dell PowerEdge 2950

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Uploaded by on Jul 4, 2008

Just got a new Dell PowerEdge 2950 III with 2 Xeon Quad-Core @ 2.3Ghz, 1333Mhz FSB, 4GB Memory, four 15K RPM SAS Hard Drives, and a DRAC 5 Card.
Decided to give a little tour of the hardware for people unfamiliar with rack mount servers and how they fit everything in there.
Edited together with iMovie (I use Mac at home... I can only take so much Microsoft in one day)

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

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

  • How much did one of those server's cost?

  • 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)

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

  • 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.

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  • @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?

  • Eing?

  • 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?

  • 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?

  • I'd leave the bezel off

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

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

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

  • good vid

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