Dell PowerEdge T110 review

Seems Good

I've just bought one of these - seems good, and supports the Dell server monitoring software which the previous budget model didn't.

By davidbryant4 on 4 Jun 2010

Yup

Got one of these - price is really decent, also the thing I really liked is a CD with dell system build utility which made Windows 2003 server installation on perc software raid real breeze, saved me a lot of time :-)

By Lomskij on 4 Jun 2010

Noise?

I'm looking to replace an ageing Dell Poweredge at home and one thing I really like about it is that it's very quiet. I know the article mentions an office environment, but how noisy is this in a quiet home environment? Anyone have 1st hand experience?

By AndyChips on 15 Jun 2010

What is annoying - and why we won't be buying one - is that you cannot remove the OS choice. This looks an ideal ESXi server, yet is lumbered with an expensive Windows licence some people may not want.

By bubbles16 on 29 Jun 2010

Reponse from Dell

bubbles16: I've contacted Dell and this is its response:

"The T110 is compatible with various versions of VMware. If you call in to one of our phone-based sales teams they can supply a T110 with VMware vSphere 4, without needing to buy any items you may not need. What might have been confusing is that on the Dell website configurators there are various Microsoft OS bundles with these systems, because that’s where these systems are primarily bought. However VMware is available for the T110 from Dell and we can supply that to you if you wish. Hope that helps and thank you for the feedback."

By DaveMitchell on 29 Jun 2010

That's great news. Many thanks for asking them!

By bubbles16 on 30 Jun 2010

Further Response from Dell

I tried to purchase the basic model, with a few upgrades in memory, processor, and no OS (they allowed - I was going to purchase Windows Home Server online), and no hard drives.

Dell's hard drive prices are not competitive (£83 for 250gb)and I wanted at least 2 X 2TB, so crazy to buy 250gb for nothing. They wouldn't allow it.

By pobblestone on 12 Jan 2011