My dumbass was gonna strip it for parts.
Curious what you industrious folks would do with it?
Similar except 4x2 TB https://www.ebay.com/itm/316549741700
Inb4 put Linux on it
Edit: well it booted earlier and now it doesn’t. 😵
THE DUST
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inb4 put Linux on it…
Proxmox it and then install a bunch of Linux containers on it!
Like most of the best things in life, Proxmox is built from Debian.
I have a funny screenshot about this! I didn’t know Fedora and OpenSUSE were Debian based! /s
I can’t respect that list anyway. Where is Hanna Montana Linux?!
Debian is missing!
Everybody knows Debian is actually Gentoo.
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what would you do with an old dell server?
I thought this post was going to be a sea shanty.
Ohhhhhhhh what would you with an old dell server
What would you doooOOOOOooooo…
for a Klondike barwith an old dell server?File a ticket with the online comments
File a ticket with the online comments
Add a GPU and mine some crypto, add a GPU and mine some crypto, add a GPU and mine some crypto, earlie in the mornin’!
…early in the morning
This has made it worth it already
Sell to pay my electricity bill
Windows 95, directly on the Internet just for the hell of it
So, uh, exactly how “old” is that server? Because, if I understood it correctly, it should be based on 8th gen Intel, which makes this a solid piece of equipment in any homelab (provided you can deal with the noise and power draw).
Depends on the specs. If it’s really old the power consumption will cost more than you’d spend on newer hardware. I have such a box sitting at home doing nothing. It’s cheaper to rent a hetzner dedi.
Same. For most people in our space, a Dell Optiplex micro is more than enough horsepower (except few expansion ports). There’s no reason to be running a legacy server consuming 2.5kW just to host some movies or store your camera footage.
My thoughts too. I already have the Dell optiplex with external hard drive bays.
Overkill is overkill especially when it has a cost for power and your room sounds like a fucking aircraft hangar
Looks like a rebranded R340? Nice! That’s a good deal.
I’d keep it and run proxmox, but that’s because that’s why I like to run for my workloads. Depends on your needs. If your electricity is free, you could mine crypto or whatever.
…who has free electricity, and how do I get in on that?
Apparently Australians three hours at noon https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-03/energy-retailers-offer-free-power-three-hours-dmo/105965472
Or if you have one of those fancy new “bill by the minute according to exchange prices” contract in the EU, you might even receive money for using electricity at certain times 😅. But those times are (yet) far in between, so blasting the sweet free energy on crypto is not really viable.
I agree with the advice of finding out how much electricity it will consume. When you step to this level, power consumption becomes a reality. Just looking at specs and doing some swag, it’s probably going to cost anywhere from $15 to $25 +/- USD monthly. A $500 entry fee seems a little rich for my blood. Second, you’re going to have to put that thing in a closet. Those fans are loud. Other than that, rock on bro! Git sum!
I have one around that same class that is running Security Onion, because why not record and analyze all the things.
Run some jellyfin on it just for your house
I’ve got a DELL server that I used as home server, but it was too loud. But it worked well, even at an advanced age. I moved the disks to a normal desktop machine (not DELL) that is much, much quieter.
Strip is down and clean it thoroughly
Once you have done that do an inventory of what it is. If it is more than 8 years old recycle it
