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Acquired HPE DL380 G9 - Questions about what is done for self hosting on them these days (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey all,

As stated, I have somehow acquired an entire DL380 G9 for $150 CAD in basically never-used condition and both Xeons present (There is aesthetic marks on the chassis, but actually 0 dust inside. It's also lacking RAM).

I messed around with a couple of these things in college, but it's been a bit since I dealt with the hardware side of servers and setting one up from bottom floor, so I just had a few questions if anyone wants to offer advice.

There is only a single 8 drive bay installed on it currently, and it does not have all of its caddies. What is your go-to place to source drive caddies or additional bays if needed? I'd also be interested in hearing recommendations on suppliers of 2.5" spinning drives, RAM, and power cables.

Back in college we used to put ESXi on these things, but after looking it up I can see that there is no longer a free edition. Is Proxmox the de-facto solution for bare metal hypervisors theses days? Either way, if anyone has any videos covering the process for installation on this hardware, I would appreciate it (though I can probably sus it out with enough time as well).

Finally, server racks are absurdly expensive of course. Any suggestions on DIY's for a rack would be appreciated.

Glad to answer any additional questions if needed - thanks for your time.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For a 'dyi' 'rack' you can get a LACK table from IKEA. https://wiki.eth0.nl/index.php/LackRack

Esxi is on its way out after the purchase of Broadcom and the price increase of 300%. Proxmox is one way forward but others are also exploring Hyper-V, Open Shift, and XCP.

Jim's Garage just released a 2 part series (so far) on home labbing with video 2 being for proxmox installation.
https://wwelw.youtube.com/@Jims-Garage/videos

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Awesome, thanks! It didn't occur to me that IKEA could be an option!