Dell PowerEdge T20 Information Thread

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Dell PowerEdge T20

I've been looking for a secondhand HP Microserver N54L for quite some time now, but as you all know these things are as scarse as hen's teeth! :p I have been contemplating buying a Gen8 but the price is slightly steep for my liking!

So tonight I came across the Dell PowerEdge T20 on takealot.co.za for R2599, which is actually quite cheap considering the specs.

http://www.takealot.com/computers/servers-10156

I'll be using it mainly as a HTPC in the living room :whistle:

Should be delivered in the next few days then I'll post my review on it.

Anybody else got one of these and would like to share their experiences with it?
 
I got one. Its quieter than the Microservers. It just keeps running with no intervention from me. One thing to note: it has no hard drive, you will have to purchase a hard drive as well. No complaints about it really.
 
The Microserver hasn't been a viable option for YEARS already, the N54L was a lot more expensive and the "Gen8" is just plain daylight robbery.

This Dell looks like a good option but remember it's a Mini Tower - Huge compared to the Microserver. You could probably build a decent Mini-ITX box for around the same money, maybe a little more.
 
])ragon_\/oid;15272486 said:
I got one. Its quieter than the Microservers. It just keeps running with no intervention from me. One thing to note: it has no hard drive, you will have to purchase a hard drive as well. No complaints about it really.
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Yeah, I know it comes without HDD ;) I'm sorted on that front though.
 
TJ99 said:
The Microserver hasn't been a viable option for YEARS already, the N54L was a lot more expensive and the "Gen8" is just plain daylight robbery.

This Dell looks like a good option but remember it's a Mini Tower - Huge compared to the Microserver. You could probably build a decent Mini-ITX box for around the same money, maybe a little more.
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Even the N36 and N40 is hard to come by and those that want to sell, are asking too much because they know it's in high demand. Honestly, I'm too lazy to build :p , besides, most of the Mini-ITX boxes hasn't got space for a lot of drives. Which is why I like this Dell so much. I'm going to take my HDD's out of their enclosures and put it into this machine. Too much wires and plugs that I'm using at the moment.
 
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I bought a Dell PowerEdge T20 server yesterday to replace my Ubuntu desktop PC that was stolen. I'll be updating this post with information about this nifty little box that will include lists of compatible hardware, OS compatibility, drivers, installation videos etc.

Front and Rear views:

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HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS:

Specsheet: http://partnerdirect.dell.com/sites/channel/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-T20-Server-spec-sheet.pdf

Base model:

CPU: Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz, 3M Cache, Dual Core (65W) processor
RAM: 1x 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Single Rank x4 Data Width UDIMM Low Volt Memory ,
GPU: Intel HD Graphics

No HDD , No Optical Drive Up to Six HDD (4 x 3.5" HDD and 2x 2.5" HDD) Bays, 3x PCIe slots: 1 x16 slot (3.0), 1 x16 slot (2.0), 1 x1 slot (2.0), - 1 PCI slot, 1x VGA Port, Embedded Intel 82579 Gigabit Ethernet LAN, 8 x USB 2.0, PSU Power: 290W fixed.

DOWNLOADS

Owners Manual: http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/poweredge-t20_Owner's Manual_en-us.pdf

Latest: BIOS: http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER02797009M/1/PET20A06.exe

Drivers: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/poweredge-t20/drivers

HOW TO's

Installing 2.5" drives:

[video=youtube;nkDhNT7PbOw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkDhNT7PbOw[/video]

Installing a slot type optical drive:

[video]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dobVMrVg4HY[/video]


OS Compatibility

Windows 10:

Upgraded to Windows 10 Pro 64bit Build 10240 from Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit. Installed with no issues. Windows Update updated the graphics drivers from the Microsoft Basic version to Intel HD. No other drivers required.

Windows 8.1 64bit :

3 drivers are not installed out-the-box. The following two downloads sorts out all three:

http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER01843578M/1/Chipset_Driver_TTVVT_WN_9.4.0.1027_A03.EXE

http://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER01741078M/1/Chipset_Application_FWRCW_WN_9.5.14.1724_A01.EXE

Ubuntu:

Certified for Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS: http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201402-14632/

Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS installed via USB with no issues and all devices worked.

Official guide from Dell on how to install Ubuntu on a Dell computer: http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/04/SLN151664/en
 
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Subscribed - I'm using 1 as my home server
 
Also planning on replacing my ageing desktop pc with one of these, but waiting for the old one to die completely first...it's almost there ;)
 
vinodh said:
Esquire have it on special today for R1999 excl VAT. 10 Units only. Normal price is R2399 excl VAT.
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Hello All

Firstly , Thank you to all that made Saturday a fantastic day of sales , on our birthday promotion,. as a group we recorded one of highest sales ever achieved on a Saturday with a record number of 1647 invoices done on a single one day.

What we also found was that many clients that came in late did not manage to take advantage of the specials as many items that were allocated for the specials were sold out in the first two hours of us opening our doors.

As it is our birthday we decided to extend our birthday offerings until this Saturday , Many of the deals are similar to the ones we did for last Saturday including the deal on the Dell PowerEdge T20 and with many more to follow until this weekend.

Please click on the link below and once opened , click on the Region sub-links to view items that are on special in your region
http://www.esquire.co.za/specials/2015_07_26Spotlight.html
 
looks like a very nice machine,
Does esquire sell the T20 with the Xeon 1225 CPU?
 
Colsuldel said:
looks like a very nice machine,
Does esquire sell the T20 with the Xeon 1225 CPU?
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Unfortunately not this is the only model we sell as per suggestion from MyBB members,as we negotiated a really good deal to clear all the stock that was available at the time

We will look into bringing in more models in future
 
I've got 1 and it's a beast - no issues so far

4 * 4TB Drives
128GB SSD for the OS
Dedicated 2GB GPU

chugging along nicely
 
Also just bought one, 8 gigs of Memory and a EVGA GT74 SC 1G DDR5 GPU
It comes stock with two 500 Gig drives which I will replace at a later stage.
 
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