So, not being very experienced with Hyper-V, I have approval to purchase a new (to me) server with as much cost-savings as possible. After dealing with Dell directly as well as 4 other vendors, I have the following quote for just under $9k. This will be a Hyper-V server with 5-7 VM's. I don't have the budget to implement a SAN, so I decided to do on-board storage since I was told VM's are heavily reliant on spindles.
I'd like to get some input on whether folks think this is a great deal (I think it is) or not.
Thanks, y'all!
Server Type: DELL POWEREDGE R720 RECERTIFIED SERVER
Processor(s): 2 X INTEL XEON 8 CORE PROCESSOR E5-2670 2.6GHZ 20MB CACHE 8 GT/S QPI TDP 115W
Memory: 128GB MEMORY (8x 16GB PC3-12800R 2RX4 REGISTERED ECC DDR3-1600 MEMORY MODULE)
Hard Drive(s): 6x 600GB 10K RPM SAS 2.5 INCH SMALL FORM FACTOR SYSTEM X SAVVIO 10K.4 6GB/S 16MB CACHE HARD DRIVE
Drive Bays: 16 X 2.5 INCH LFF SSD/SAS/SATA DRIVE BAYS
Raid Controller: DELL RAID CONTROLLER H710 6GB/S
DRAC: IDRAC7 IDRAC ENTERPRISE
Optical Drive(s): DVD-RW
Networking: BROADCOM 5720 QUAD PORT ETHERNET 1GBE PCI-E NETWORK DAUGHTER CARD
Slots: 7 PCIE 3.0 SLOTS: ONE X16 FULL-LENGTH FULL-HEIGHT, THREE X8 FULL-LENGTH FULL-HEIGHT, THREE X8 HALF-LENGHT HALF-HEIGHT
Graphics: 2D MATROX G200
Bezel: ACTIVE ID BEZEL
Fans: STANDARD REDUNDANT FANS
Power Supply(ies): REDUNDANT 750W POWER SUPPLIES
Dimensions: 2U RACK 482.4MM X 723MM X 87.3 MM, 65 LBS MAX
Rail Kit: INCLUDED
WARRANTY: 5 YEAR COMPANY X WARRANTY
Shipping: Free Ground Shipping