Reddit mentions of Hp Iss 450gb 6g Sas 15k Rpm Lff (516816-b21) -

I have a DL380G6 myself with:

• (2) Xeon X5670 Processors
  
• (12) 4GB DDR3 ECC Memory Modules
  
• (6) 450GB SAS 15k RPM Drives
  
• (2) 450W HP PSUs
  
• (1) P410i SAS/RAID Controller w/ 512MB Cache
  
  It's a good machine that should serve you well, but HP is a pain in the rear end about their updates because you need to register with them. This advice is based on my experience from the past month, which is as long as I've owned the machine thus far (for whatever size grain of salt you wish to take my advice with):
  
  
• Here is another post with the magnet link to the Proliant service pack; please leave that guy an upvote, because I was losing my mind trying to get HP to play nice and let me download it for a registered server, let alone one from a source I couldn't verify
  
  
• I put links to all the parts I used to upgrade the server above. You'll find even better deals on eBay than Amazon, but eBay links seem like a poor choice since they will be less useful when the listing ends.
  
  
• I chose those HDDs literally because they are the official HP drives specified in the later revisions of the DL380G6's configuration options.
  
  
• The PCIe slots are rated for 150W, but server machines can be fickle when it comes to graphics cards. Whether or not the GPU will work for you is definitely not something I'd be super optimistic about. Also, putting anything in the PCI/PCIe slots causes the fans to max out and they are LOUD in that state.
  
  AAAAAAAND, since I'm rambling as it is, I might as well give some of my opinions:
  
  
• Use Proxmox VE or Xenserver if you don't want to pay for ESXi; without a VMWare subscription you will be limited in what hardware you can provide per VM. I installed all three recently and am currently happy with Proxmox VE 5.0 (beta, I think?)
  
  
• Learning how to use the ILO2 port might be useful, though I have found I haven't needed mine for anything really
  
  Hopefully this post was helpful for you and you can benefit from my foray into this. If anything, don't be afraid to experiment if you aren't sure about something and have fun! ;)