How about a DL380??

Hello all, Let me start by saying that I love OMV. I have built two or three systems in the past two years with different configurations and hardware and have enjoyed them all. (I could save a lot of headaches by using virtual box for my experiments, but you what they say... GOD hates a coward.)

I also love recycling hardware, especially free stuff, that my work throws out. I am currently running one WIn7 box for general desktop stuff, bit torrent dl's, internet research, newsgroup client, etc. I have an old Dell optiplex 330 running OMV, w/ SABnzbd, SickBeard, and PLexMedia Server, never did get Couchpotato to work well, and haven't tried transmission yet. I have a Dell poweredge SC320 running NAS4Free for extra file storage.

I just got 2 DL380's from work that were perfectly fine and were running Server 2003. I have loads of drives for them, mostly 72GB and 148GB. (300gb drives are available for ~$60 ea for future expansion).

Do you think that OMV on one of these machines is a worth while project, giving thier power consumption, noise and limited drive space?

Or should i consider staring new? with an new tower case with WD RED drives (preferably external access to drives) and a modern day mobo and cpu

My main objective is to build a more reliable system. While my systems build from spare parts are Fun, then do have some drawbacks. I'd like to get to a set-up with 4-6 TB of space for streaming media and file storage.

Thanks in advance for your advice.

p.s. I keep getting keyboard errors when re-booting my OMV box, very annoying when running remotely. Is this because i have a KVM switch attached to the box and it senses the usb connector but no active keyboard? or did i screw up a setting somewhere?

Thanks again.

Thanks for the awesome feedback, as always.

Yes i agree that the power used by the DL380's is a waste, and even though I have a bunch of drives already, its still inefficient.

I will start to plan out a new build with new toys...

As for the KVM switch, i had one laying around, and i like to watch the servers boot sometimes, and i would sometimes use the CLI from the actual terminal. In reality, I typically putty in from another machine. However, i will double check the bios, just to see if that works.

Thanks and Best Regards

Thanks for adding to my old thread. I currently have 2 G3 DL380's, and they are not as power friendly as the newer ones. I am also looking for a system to be a plex server, as well as NAS, so processing power is important.

I think that a few G5 DL360's are going to available soon maybe even a G6, and I believe that the G6 series is when the power management was improved.

any other bits of info would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks