Storage for 100 thousand or how to save on expensive projects

    Hi, habrozhiteli! Judging by the large number of responses, the topic of used servers is becoming increasingly popular. In this article, we want to share with our readers specific cases that we were able to successfully solve using the server hardware that was in use. All examples are backed up by numbers in order to avoid unfoundedness. For all the time of our work, we have helped more than 300 companies to solve the problems associated with IT infrastructure, saving their money as much as possible. Company names and names of people are out of brackets, if you are interested in any of the following projects, our clients can share their experience of cooperation with our company and answer questions of interest. Numerous Habr participants who have already purchased equipment from us can also write comments below.
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    №1 storage at an affordable price


    Purpose: cost optimization and the creation of a data storage system

    More than once in the comments to our articles they wrote that it is very difficult to find used storage systems on the market. The high demand for this kind of equipment is absolutely understandable, because the prices for new data storage systems start at 200,000 rubles. and higher. We were contacted by our friends from St. Petersburg who are engaged in hosting - BeGetasking for a solution for creating backups. We offered 4U expansion shelves for Huawei OcenStor and OceanSpace and 2 Supermicro 6016T-UF 2x Intel Xeon E5620 32GB servers. By connecting the shelf to the server through the controller or hba-card, we get a full storage. Each shelf is designed for 24 disks, as much as possible you can install disks of 6TB (total 144TB). After successful testing, another 8 shelves and 8 servers were purchased. Previously, for these purposes, the client purchased SuperStorage Server 6048R-E1CR24N.

    This is how our solution looks:



    Name
    number
    price, rub.
    Total cost, rub.
    SuperStorage Server 6048R-E1CR24N 2x Intel Xeon E5-2620 V3 32GB
    10
    409 720
    4 097 200
    Supermicro 6016T-UF 2x Intel Xeon E5620 32GB + Huawei OceanStor / Space
    10
    93 900
    939,000
    Saving
    3 158 200
    Total:
    1. Project implementation within budget
    2. Savings up to 3 158 200 rubles.

    No. 2 Combined Server


    Purpose: reducing the cost of buying servers.

    Often a company needs a new server, but the budget does not allow to make an expensive purchase. What to do and what to do in such a situation?

    There are several options:

    1. One of the clients had a Wishlist of the following nature - insert new components into a used server. As a basis, we took our server - Asus RS500-E6 / PS4 with two X5650 processors. Then we installed new components there: the LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i controller and the battery for it. I must say that the controller with the battery at a cost came out almost like our server. The customer was very pleased with the purchase.
      Name
      price, rub.
      Total cost, rub.
      Asus RS500-E6 / PS4 2x Intel Xeon X5650 48GB; LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i controller; Backup PR flash drive. BBU LSICVM01 LSI00297 LSI LS
      126 470
      126 470
      Supermicro 6017R-NTF 2x Intel Xeon E-5 2620 v2 48GB *; LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i controller; Backup PR flash drive. BBU LSICVM01 LSI00297 LSI LS
      267 070
      267 070
      * For details on comparing new servers, see our previous article .

      Bottom line: the savings when buying a new server amounted to 140,600 rubles.

    2. Another option is to use a used case to build a new server. We do the following - armed with a “file, soldering iron and dremel”, we install a new motherboard with powerful E-5 processors in the old case. And the server is ready to go. What is the saving here? Let's do a little comparison:

      New server:
      Name
      price, rub.
      Supermicro CSE-815TQ-600CB; X9DRD-IF; 2x Intel Xeon E5-2620 V2; SNK-P0047PS4; 8GB PC10600 KINGSTON
      211 240
      Combined Server:
      Name
      price, rub.
      Supermicro CSE-815TQ-560U *; X9DRD-IF; 2x Intel Xeon E5-2620 V2 *; SNK-P0047PS4; 8Gb Samsung 10600R *
      112 970
      * used components

      Savings are obtained due to the used case, processors and memory; Warranty and pre-sale testing are included.

      Result: saving 98,270 rubles.

    No. 3 Business Expansion


    Goal: minimum investment, maximum return The

    economic situation does not improve, however, there are a number of companies that expand the scope of their business and need additional server equipment.

    1. Among these companies was a company that is engaged in a project for the organization of urban video surveillance. The project required 50 Dell PowerEdge 1950 servers with 16GB of RAM. These inexpensive single-server servers with two Intel Xeon E5440 processors are excellent in technical specifications and have become a worthy alternative to buying new equipment. In the table below, we compared the purchase from us and the price of the new server considered by the client:
      Name
      number
      price, rub.
      Total cost, rub.
      Dell PowerEdge 1950 2x Intel Xeon E5440 16GB
      fifty
      17 800
      890,000
      Dell PowerEdge R220 1x Intel Xeon E3-1220 V3 16GB
      fifty
      66,500
      3 325 000
      Saving
      2,435,000
      Result: saving 2,435,000 rubles.

    2. Those companies for which the server is the main tool for making money did not stand aside. Several large hosting providers bought dozens of Supermicro 6016T-UF servers, significantly increasing the required capacity. The customers themselves admitted that if it weren’t for the used servers, they would have to reduce purchases by at least 4-7 times or significantly increase the procurement budget.

      An example of a specific alternative is that the client had the choice to either buy 20 new servers or 50 used servers:
      Name
      number
      price, rub.
      Total cost, rub.
      Supermicro 6016T-UF 2x Intel Xeon E5620 48GB
      fifty
      40 900
      2,045,000
      Supermicro SYS-6017R-NTF 2x Intel Xeon E-5-2630 V2 48GB
      20
      267,840
      5 356 800
      Bottom line: saving at least 3 311 800 rubles.

    3. A large number of requests are received daily from corporate clients, and the areas of activity are very diverse: hotel business, food, construction, restaurant business, educational institutions, logistics and many others. Everyone has limited budgets, and we try to satisfy the need for equipment. Such clients mainly use second-hand servers to install 1C, file storage, mail server, etc.

      Examples:

      • Product company: delivered a Supermicro 6016T-UF 2x Intel Xeon E5620 16GB server with an Adaptec 5405 controller to work with the program through which reports from cash registers pass

      • Belarusian company for organizing electronic workflow: delivered 2 Supermicro 6016T-UF 2x Intel Xeon X5650 96GB servers for virtualization

      • Trading house: put Hewlett-Packard DL360 G5 2x Intel Xeon E5440 8GB to work in the CRM-system

      • City Clinic: Supermicro 6016T-UF 2x Intel Xeon E5530 for data backup

    Thus, we strongly support the position of “minimum investment, maximum return”. These are one of the few success stories that we decided to write about in an article. All the above comparisons are relative, and they should be considered in the context of the tasks facing the client.



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