HP DL160 G6, 2x Intel XEON QuadCore E5540, 32 GB ram

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Vila
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HP DL160 G6, 2x Intel XEON QuadCore E5540, 32 GB ram

Post by Vila » Mon Jun 22, 2020 6:09 pm

Hello.
I found a server at a very affordable price to buy, I would like to know if it is possible to use it for my preparation for CCIE, I know that the settings are not the best, but the only objective of this server will be to use it with eve-ng , aiming at preparing for the CCIE.

These are the server settings:
HP DL160 G6:
2x Intel XEON QuadCore E5540 4x 2.53 GHz 5.8 GT / s 8MB Cache Intel HT Intel VT 64bit
32 GB DDR-3 RAM PC3-10600R
4x Drive Bay 3.5
2x 1TB SATA 3.5 ’
1x B110 RAID
2x Gigabit-LAN RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mbit (onboard)
1x Seriell
1x VGA 15in. D-sub
4x USB 2.0 (2x front)
1x 560 Watt Power Supply


Thanks in advance.

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Re: HP DL160 G6, 2x Intel XEON QuadCore E5540, 32 GB ram

Post by Uldis (UD) » Tue Jun 23, 2020 1:22 am

you didn't tell which ccie track
if RS then yes, IOL nodes it will keep ok

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Re: HP DL160 G6, 2x Intel XEON QuadCore E5540, 32 GB ram

Post by Vila » Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:18 am

Yes, the intention is CCIE Enterprive, and eventually play with some firewalls.

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Re: HP DL160 G6, 2x Intel XEON QuadCore E5540, 32 GB ram

Post by Uldis (UD) » Tue Jun 23, 2020 7:25 am

but anyway CPU is very weak.
For IOL based RS CCIE it will be enough, for more not sure

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