I got this old server and I always like to fiddle with old hardware, so I took a lot of pictures and shared them on my blog with some explaination!
Feedback always appreciated ^^
My workplace ran off DL360s (the 1U variant of this) of various generations for 20 or 30 years. I remember getting the first G5 in and being really impressed by the way the components all slotted in so easily and pretty much everything was hot-swappable. And the no-nut rail system was a revalation.
They were great systems for their time but that power consumption is crazy by today’s standards!
As for feedback, you have a very confusing sentence about 2.5" and 3.5" drives being the same size. Took me far too long to realise you meant capacity and not physical dimensions!
Yeah I have a G6 and a few G8 at home, they are nice machines, even though newer generation feel way cheaper with more plastic…
And yeah I see how it could be confusing I’ll change that ahah!
Just out if curiosity, would this server be capable to handle some consistent workload, for today’s standards?
Yes some, but the power consumption is extremely high. A cheap $40 PC with an i5-6500 CPU would out perform it at about 1/15th the power draw.
This thing is mostly just interesting to play with.
I mean it would work, but depends on the load, it can definitely host some website, be used as a backup server or something. I installed a modern version of proxmox and even plain debian on it, so it would definitely work. But performance would be poor for heavy task like a game server.
As for the consistency itself, the server would run 24/7 without an issue, and it’s still built like a tank and it has been made to be resilient!
Powered off it uses almost twice the energy of my server.
That’s insane.
Yeah indeed ^^’
Nice post. Recognisable too. I have an old server from work at home, but came to the same conclusion: with that power consumption it’s no fun running it 24/7 at home.
Yeah, power consumption are never the strong suit of rack mounted servers…
Power consumption is the 2nd thing i look for in my IT devices (first is “do I need internet/cloud services to run it” … Yes is an absolut disqualifier)
Nice teardown! I liked the gif inclusion
Thanks ! this is the first time I include GIF in my blog, glad it was worth it ! :)
Pretty interesting and always impressive what technical marvels humans have creates. This is a rare glimpse into such a machine from the past.
Thanks ! yeah i’m often astonished of how servers like these are made of !
