Dell T7500 Precision
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:10 am
Seems like a good-enough place to post notes on a pair of Dell T500 Precision tower workstations I've picked up recently. They are large and quiet and not cheap.
The first box ("Winni3") will be my personal workstation replacement and will host several virtualized OSs (XP, W7, maybe W4). Specs today:
2x Xeon X5690 3.46Ghz, hex core
48Gb RAM (soon to be 96Gb, I think)
2x 1T SSD Samsung 80 on LSI PCIe HBA, RAID 1 (mirrored)
1100W power supply
1.5GB Nvidia Quadro FX4800 video card -- I don't need high-end vid, I rarely do more than Photoshop.
Ubuntu 15.something and VMWare Workstation Pro 12 on this one. Sitting idle, it was locking up every one to three days. Lots of Googling found a few things to try, notably:
The latter appears to work for me.
The second box will be a NAS server to augment or replace the Thecus N2200EVO, which works but tends to need rebooting more often than I'd like. I have to get down to the post office today and pick it up.
I've bought a pair of used Dell 30" 3008WFPT monitors. Heavy and eight seconds to turn on, but 2560x1600 and lots & lots of inputs. I needed 27"+ and higher res than 1920x1280.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371480047393 -- jump on one while you can. It's listed as 2560x1024 which is incorrect -- I'm running both of mine at 2560x1600. I assume that's why this seller still has some available at his price point.
The first box ("Winni3") will be my personal workstation replacement and will host several virtualized OSs (XP, W7, maybe W4). Specs today:
2x Xeon X5690 3.46Ghz, hex core
48Gb RAM (soon to be 96Gb, I think)
2x 1T SSD Samsung 80 on LSI PCIe HBA, RAID 1 (mirrored)
1100W power supply
1.5GB Nvidia Quadro FX4800 video card -- I don't need high-end vid, I rarely do more than Photoshop.
Ubuntu 15.something and VMWare Workstation Pro 12 on this one. Sitting idle, it was locking up every one to three days. Lots of Googling found a few things to try, notably:
The latter appears to work for me.
The second box will be a NAS server to augment or replace the Thecus N2200EVO, which works but tends to need rebooting more often than I'd like. I have to get down to the post office today and pick it up.
I've bought a pair of used Dell 30" 3008WFPT monitors. Heavy and eight seconds to turn on, but 2560x1600 and lots & lots of inputs. I needed 27"+ and higher res than 1920x1280.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/371480047393 -- jump on one while you can. It's listed as 2560x1024 which is incorrect -- I'm running both of mine at 2560x1600. I assume that's why this seller still has some available at his price point.