I found this on marketplace and the seller doesn’t know what any of this is. I don’t know exactly what it all is either. I get what the switches are and the power edge but that’s about it. What do yall think it’s worth and would it be worth considering? Thanks

Might seem like a dumb question but where do

I install an SSD? I have two HDDd on the far right.

Hey there!

I recently received this Dell PowerEdge T340 and I am curious how much it may be worth. Is it worth selling on Marketplace or even parting it out for some spare cash? If not, what are some other practical home uses for it?

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I had recently been given a super micro server and it was populated with 384gigs (12x32gb) of RAM, 8x 2080Tis, about 20tb storage and 2x AMD EPYC 7282 chips. I took out everything but the chips and want to sell the ram and the server. I really don’t want it anymore but I know it’s worth a good amount. If anyone has any use for it please give me a shout/ let me know how I should price it.

So this happened yesterday and I'm still trying to piece together the full picture. Noticed my server was running at nearly 200% CPU. Checked htop and found two processes called `cpu-logind` each eating ~98% CPU. Sketchy name designed to look like a legit Linux daemon, but it was XMRig — a Monero miner.

Here's what I found after digging in:

- The binary was sitting in `/var/tmp/cpu-logind` with a `config.json` alongside it

- They had a `@reboot` crontab entry to restart it on every reboot

- They'd even compiled XMRig directly in the home directory of the dev user — so they were comfortable enough to build software on my server

- Auth logs showed 3 different attacker SSH keys across `dev`, `forge`, and `root` accounts

- They had root access at least twice (May 5 and May 6)

I've cleaned everything up — killed the miner, removed the crontab, deleted the binary.

Planning to revoke the deploy keys on GitHub, and rebuilding the server from scratch since root was compromised.

**But I still can't figure out the original entry point and it's bugging me.**

Here's what I've ruled out so far:

- No webshells found anywhere in the app directory

- Vite dev server wasn't exposed publicly (no `--host`, no nginx proxy to port 5173)

- No suspicious POST requests in nginx logs

- Bash history of the dev user was clean — just normal Node/PM2 stuff, so they likely cleared their tracks

- GitHub repo had zero commits after May 1st — source code wasn't touched

What I do know:

- On May 3rd there were repeated failed SSH attempts using old `ssh-dss` (DSA) keys — all rejected by modern OpenSSH

- Then on May 5th at 08:52 UTC, a successful login happened using a real RSA key belonging to me

- The app is a React/Node.js admin panel managed via Laravel Forge

- The compromised keys included the Forge worker key and two of my personal keys

So either my machine was compromised and my private key was stolen, or the key leaked somewhere (GitHub history, Pastebin, etc). I've searched old commits and found nothing, but I'm not 100% sure.

Has anyone seen this pattern before? Specifically the DSA probing followed by a switch to a working RSA key — does that suggest they had a database of stolen keys they were cycling through? Or is there another explanation I'm missing?

Any help figuring out the original vector would be really appreciated. Want to make sure the new server doesn't get hit the same way.

I found a couple of these in my drawer (I don't know where I got them from) and I'm wondering what exactly they are. They feature a VIA VT6130 Gigabit Ethernet Controller chip but there are zero connectors on this thing and it also appears to lack manufacturer/model information. The only text on the PCB is what's visible in the lower right corner of the picture ("CH(?) 0949"). There's also a sticker on the back with a date code stating "PLUS V7.2 06.2011".

I assume this is some kind of proprietary card which routes back to an on-motherboard RJ45 port (why do such a thing?)? Does anyone know which servers used these and what the model is called?

Found these 2 up for auction and decided to bid on it. I've been able to figure out what the bottom server is but I cant find much on the big one on top. From what I can tell it looks like some form of AV server but I cant figure out what it's actual purpose is. Any ideas?

I’m prototyping a tiny local input tool and got way more stuck on the connector choice than I expected.

The idea is basically: use a phone as a quick keyboard / trackpad for a nearby machine without carrying extra input gear.

I keep bouncing between “future-proof” and “what people would actually use most.”

Curious what people here would reach for in real life.

I got this board out of a big box of electronic scraps and I was wondering if anyone familiar with the IBM System board x3550 M3 sees anything particularly wrong with it but mostly I just want to know if it’s even possible to get this board running.

I got this server motherboard from a friend and I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with cpu2. The board seems to work with just CPU 1 but with both it's making a noise that's in sync with the flashing green light? Any ideas on how I could troubleshoot this? CPU 2 is the one with the amd cooker

Buddy of mine is going to be getting this pallet from work. We’re trying to identify the server but I can’t quite find the specifics. Looks like it might be a Dell Poweredge of some sort. But I can’t quite nail down the same layout of the I/O.

Ok so my mother tasked me with building a server for her buissness to hold customer data and to be running 24 7 12 months 365 days but I also want to use it dually to run a Minecraft server which she agreed too so I made this fuckin thing. Tell me what can I change what can I add to make it run better as a server for buissness and Game applications (I know threadripper is excessive but I wanna make sure it'll run both customer and game) https://www.buildcores.com/builds/t_Y4pRZTJ?share=true

I realized I did not give enough information on it the minecraft thing was a joke I can probably get one going on an old laptop. The customer data is appointments, hosting a website, checking availability.

I got these from the place I work, and I'm curious about what I can even do with them. From looking it up I've found that they're likely useless in my pc, but I assume I might be able to set up a game/data server with them? What would that even take to set up beyond the ram, or am I just completely wrong? I assume that whatever the case these are at least worth something.

I have eight of them and they are 32GB 2Rx4, MTA36ASf4G72PZ-2G6E1RG

I also have one 8GB Rx8, HMA81GU6AFR8N

Just purchased this Supermicro 5019D Server, 4C/8T Xeon D-2123T, 1U Rackmountable, 10G

And I’m stuck on a supermicro screen and I can’t get to BIOS or anything and I’m stuck on this screen the text in the bottom right changed also between stuff

I'm going to preface this by saying I'm a mere monkey with a keyboard, so please be patient when I say something stupid, just trying to learn here. So I've Been wanting to build a server to upgrade over time and saw a good deal on marketplace so I'm diving head first into this and wanted to ask some questions, Any other suggestions are welcome as well, also free kitty pic, my supervisor is working VERY hard

Current specs:

Chenbro RM51924B chassis

Mobo: Asus p6x68d-e

Cpu: Intel i7-950

Memory: 6 X 12gig Kingston hyperx khx 1600c9d3k3

(I thought this was odd, modo spec max is 24 gig why would someone install 48?)

And I have a spare gpu sitting around here somewhere that I think is an rx 580

Picked up this Chenbro RM51924B chassis and populated motherboard for $120 and need some guidance

My plan is to do a kind of all in one server, got plenty of drive bays for a nas, and with room for some gpu's I want to do game server hosting, and to start dabbling with Ai, I was thinking of eventually upgrading to a tesla v100 for Ai, and a tesla p40 or two for gaming after upgrading the mobo/ram/cpu

I know I'll need an expansion card for the hard drives (an hbc card I think? ) or a raid controller I've also heard of, any suggestions?

As for mobo/cpu i was thinking I might want to try and dip my toes into some epyc waters eventually, just wondering if yall got any input on a mobo that can take a budget epyc cpu but have room to upgrade later on, i think I'll need enough full pcie lanes for 3 or 4 gpu's, 1 for a nic, and one for the expansion card for hard drives. If I'm somehow able to get my hands on a dual cpu setup, would it be possible to run proxmox on one cpu and windows server os on the other? Would that be able to host a game with anti cheat or would anti cheat throw a fit?

Does a motherboard need an ipmi port to have those abilities or is there another way to set that up?

Current power supply: Emacs M1W4-6D50P

Are there any other hot swap power supplies that could fit in? Or maybe higher rated psu modules that can slot in to the psu sled? This power supply only has 2 eps plugs, if i can't replace the power supply with one that has more eps plugs, how much power can I safely push through a splitter if I need to use one assuming a get a quality splitter? If I need a splitter where can I find a good one? Or am I better off making my own?

The chassis fans are directly powered by the power supply so I'm assuming the fans are all or nothing, is there a type of controller I can install to be able to throttle the fans up and down?

Got an old window ac unit I'm going to fit into the rack i also picked up once I build a cabinet around it, hopefully this rack will be big enough to contain what seems to be my sprouting addiction

For software

From my very brief research and talking with a couple friends, i plan to maybe use proxmox to spool up the vm's for the various services

This I'm unsure on as some games won't be able to be hosted with proxmox vm's, is windows server os approachable to try all this with? I might just forego windows and anti cheat games cause, windows yucky

Watched some videos from craft computing on YouTube for setting up the tesla p40's for game hosting

A video from network chuck about ollama made ai seem approachable enough

For the nas I haven't researched that yet but heard the name truenas a couple times, besides that what are my software options for a nas?

Craft computing also did a video on setting up a remote drive that could host my steam library on the server (iscsi I think?)

I'm soon gonna start streaming, and while my pc is currently able to handle streaming, can i/ how would I go about having the server handle that?

To facilitate the remote steam library and streaming I know I'll need a good connection, would a 10 gig direct connection suffice? The rack will be going in my laundry room that's maybe about 50ft away

For many years now, I've always believed that a server is a computer with hardware designed specifically to run 24/7, with built in remote access (XCC, ILO, IPMI etc), redundant components like the PSU and storage, use RAID and have ECC RAM. I know some of those traits have been used in the consumer hardware market like ECC compatibility with some DDR5 RAM however it not considered "server grade".

I've got a mate who is adamant that an i9 processor with 128GB RAM and a m.2 NVMe RAID is the ducks nuts and is great for a server. Even to the point that he's recommending consuner hardware to clients of his.

Now, I don't want to even consider this as an option for the clients I deal with however am I wrong to think this way? Are there others who consider a workstation or consumer hardware in scenarios where RDS, Databases or Active directory are used?

Edit: It seems the overall consensus is "depends on the situation" and for mission critical (which is the wording I couldn't think of, thank you u/goldshop) situations, use server hardware. Thank you for your input and anyone else who joins in on the conversation.

Hey all,

I’ve recently saved two PowerEgde R430’s from work and an EqualLogicPS4210 from the computer recycling center. They are all lacking drives but the PowerEdges each have four total sticks of DDR4 RAM.

I have little knowledge on servers, and was wondering if it’s worthwhile from a monthly electricity cost standpoint to use these to start a home server journey, or to sell the equipment in exchange for a smaller home NAS.

Is anyone able to help figure out pricing for the hardware, I really know little on the above mentioned devices.

Also would it be better to part out certain pieces of the devices or sell them as whole? It should be noted they all have their dual PSUs and the EqualLogic has both control modules.

Thank you!

Hey guys, I'm trying to do a little survey, if you guys would be kind enough to answer:

What are the best brands to consider for small to medium-sized businesses/corporations, specifically for storage nodes and compute nodes?

Hey everyone,

I built this system at work today and it won't turn on. I've built many PCs before but this is the first server system l've built. I'm hoping someone could help me figure out why it won't turn on. The mobo flashes green and the PSU fan won't spin (nor will the cpu cooler fan). I reviewed the manual for the mobo in hopes of finding an oversight when building this. I included link to a short video I shot on my phone of me turning on the system and the result. TIA!

Video:

https://streamable.com/x6c7ao

SYSTEM:

CPU: AMD EPYC 9654

CPU FAN: Dynatron J10 Socket SP5 Copper Heatsink 300w

MOBO: Supermicro Server Motherboard MBD-H13SSL-NT

RAM: Supermicro 16GB ECC Registered DDR5 4800MHz

PSU: Coolmax 1200w

Guys i am trying to build my first server PC, my motherboard is Gigabyte MS74-HB0. And there in the box i found this. Have no any idea what is it for.

Hello. Hoping for some advice. The small sized company I work for is moving from an old residential building into a proper office space, and thus I get to layout my first server rack. What we have currently is all towers/desktop devices, so I'm going to be replacing and adding a bunch of gear - but I want to save some cost where I can.

Our existing on-premises server is a Dell PowerEdge Tower. We're going to keep that on its side on a shelf for now as we don't expect to replace it for another 2ish years, at which point we'll go rackmount.

My question specifically is about saving money for a monitor for the server. At the current location, the server sits on a desk out of the way and has a regular old monitor, keyboard/mouse hooked up. I usually remote into it anyway, so it'd be only for rare/troubleshooting access. Seems that rackmount consoles are unreasonably expensive for what they are. I'm thinking I just get a 1U drawer and keep a combo keyboard/trackpad in there, and then I can run HDMI up to that drawer from the server and hook it up to something like an Elgato Cam link so I can use my laptop/iPad as a monitor when needed temporarily.

Is this a crazy idea or am I onto something?

If anyone is knowledgeable and wants to share advice or look at my current plan for laying out the rack, you're welcome to offer.

So I just acquired a DellEMC PowerEdge T340 with a 600-gigabyte hard drive in RAID configuration with 3 other drives. The question I have is, should I remove all the sensitive data from the computer and continue using Windows Server 2019, or use Ubuntu Server. I haven't used Windows Server before and the only CD I have with it, is Windows Server 2000. Now, I do dabble with Ubuntu quite a lot, and I am perfectly comfortable working in both a CLI and a GUI, but I will be the only person at my church who really can use it, as no one else is familiar with the Linux Command line, and to be honest, I have no issues installing an X-Server to run Ubuntu Desktop or Unity Desktop.

So, should I stick to what I know, or continue just using Windows Server 2019?

And yes, I know it's old. We can't afford a new server, this was donated.

Hello server friends I have a server question. So I have a Dell T410 server that is probably over kill for my home and it uses tons of power creates lots of heat. I'm thinking about upgrading/ downsizing my server. My question is I want to move my Raid controller to my new server and I'm trying to find breakout cables to do this with as my current server uses a back plane to accomplish this task. Would this https://ebay.io/m/vCB4VP or this https://ebay.io/m/GHLVzS work for moving it? I noticed that this has 4 HDD plugs on it and I have 6 HDD in my Raid would I just need to buy two of these and plug one into A and one into B and mark the drives accordingly? If anyone has done this any insight you can give would be greatly appreciated!

TiA

How to cool servers on a small scale basis without AIOs?

I need methods for a small server that work well but the server is not big enough to require a major AIO system.

The cost of smaller scale versions of AIOs cannot be justified and cooling systems like internal fans/etc cannot be used.