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!
Powered off it uses almost twice the energy of my server.
That’s insane.
Yeah indeed ^^’
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!
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 !
