Where to buy a used server? How not to get caught up? And what server configuration is needed?

Question

Server equipment

Are there people who bought a used server that worked fine (s)? I'm interested in the company that does it. Googleyandex finds too much and some prices are suspiciously low, and the sites look like a scam. In general, how not to fall for scammers?
There is an organization with 10 servers and 250 users.
And I want to buy a server for zabbix, jabber, owncloud, corporate portal and a few other small web applications. Well, so that the minimum price, but everything worked smartly.
I understandthat it’s not worth hanging so much on one server and if it fails, everything will fly, but all this will be launched to increase the skill, and if it comes to understanding that some kind of service becomes vital, it will be given a separate machine. Therefore, it’s nice to be able to scale, but somehow economical at the same time)

Answer 1

In general, it was decided to take an ordinary computer, because on a ddr4 computer a "gun" will be assembled for 50 tr (02.10.2015). and not a single used the server at the same price will not catch up with it in terms of characteristics. and for reliability, you can duplicate the components (at least the motherboard). It is also possible that Raid will be bought, but again, which one is not clear.

Answer 2

On Habré, one company recently talked about how they restore and sell servers.

Answer 3

shop.nag.ru They bring it from over the hill for almost the same prices as on ebay, but they test it before selling it and give a guarantee.

Answer 4

You are buying a pig in a poke anyway. Usually second-hand servers sell without disks. If you bought with discs, it's safer to throw them away - they can be compromised or worn out.
The rest of the iron, if it withstood the run under load during the day, is most likely in good condition.
Well, putting the junk in production on the very first day after the purchase is somewhat adventurous.

Answer 5

It's like a dinosaur - 50/50.
Take a piece of iron, run stress tests on cpu / memory. Buy new wheels anyway.

Answer 6

If you buy used servers, then at least demand a guarantee, otherwise it will be bent in a week, and the money will go to the trash. In Squadra Group they seem to give a guarantee. squadra-group.com

Answer 7

there are different ones, I know from experience. If even the new ones can "fly"...
So as not to worry, take a 3-year warranty for servers - by selecting a 36-month warranty in the filter. Or call and ask, okay. the store will give a good guarantee.

Answer 8

I advise you to buy a server but with new screws. It is better to take from the top three HP, Dell or Supermicro. In terms of reliability, such servers last at least 3-5 years or even more. There is a good company in Kiev that sells used server equipment https://servak.com.ua . They also have deliveries in Ukraine. We have already taken three servers from them - no problems. The guarantee is given for six months.

Answer 9

I agree with DM7110 , These brands are leaders in network equipment. It is better to separately buy new SAS HDDs (much faster than SATA) and combine them into RAID10 and then the machine will live for 5 years or more.
I recently bought several HPE ProLiant DL380 G7 (Intel Xeon 2620 x 2, DDR3 48GB/550W/HDD SAS HP x 4 (500Gb) - RAID10 (1Tb)+SSD). Completely went under 1C, Video surveillance + Garbage bin, ~ 20 users.
In Moscow, I bought it through the guys - turnkey itfpro.ru with installed software, 1C, etc.
If you need a number, write in the comments.

Answer 10

https://servers-store.ru/
here are good servers at an adequate price. Guaranteed and free shipping. We have been buying from them for 2 years now. so far no server has failed. once the fan creaked, they changed it without problems under warranty

Answer 11

https://sale-server.ru
Here is a good one, you can look.

Answer 12

I took galtsystems.com from Galtsystems , these are former Squadra. They give a guarantee of five years, plus they test the car before selling it, everything is OK, so I recommend it. If you are afraid of a setup - take the server for a free test. Two weeks of eye and ear testing is enough.

Answer 13

I also took it from galtsystems.com, a St. Petersburg office. TK Business lines arrived in Krasnodar 3 days after payment. I took an HP dl180 server, as a gift they put 25 baskets for disks, an ilo100 board, and original new rails. The server itself is without scratches and traces of operation, like new, they gave a year warranty. While working for a month, the flight is normal.

Answer 14

Personally, I really liked working with GaltSystems: We
took a server (HP DL160 G6).
At that time (and even now) I did not understand much how to choose it correctly for certain tasks, so as not to overpay and to cope with the tasks.
I asked a question - I received an answer (first I picked it up on their website in the configurator, and then finally picked up the components with the employees) and the purchase amount was divided into 2 parts (with a deferred second payment).
Plus, we didn’t have to look for a transport company - GaltSystems employees did everything themselves and delivered the server to us for free. If we order more, then through them
Vladimir

Answer 15

I agree, take it to GaltSystems (formerly the squadron group).
We bought two servers for virtualization, and then another memory for an upgrade to the fullest.
Both work uptime 24/7 perfectly.

Answer 16

I searched on Google where to buy used ear servers, found GALTSYSTEMS, got interested in the price and a normal configurator, googled reviews, ordered 3 pieces, arrived quickly and in good condition, so far only positive impressions from the office.

Answer 17

Since 2016, we have been buying servers from GaltSystems (there used to be squadra group).
A total of 5 servers were taken. During the work, there were no problems with iron.
Recommend.

Answer 18

If you need an inexpensive but reliable server, I would advise you to contact GaltSystems. The experience of interacting with them was very satisfying. We replaced the power supply at the server for one or two, without any questions, when he suddenly refused.

Answer 19

I propose to pay attention to the servers here
Price from 4000r, round-the-clock support and a large selection of configs!
https://greendc.ru