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    • MattSpellerM
      MattSpeller
      last edited by gjacobse

      I f***[moderated]ing wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

      DustinB3403D DashrenderD NashBrydgesN 3 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 2
      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403 @MattSpeller
        last edited by gjacobse

        @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

        I f***[moderated]ing wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

        Have a buddy buy it for you and hand ship it up.

        But @Danp I thought the dell systems had a hard time with the Samsung ssds..

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        • MattSpellerM
          MattSpeller @DustinB3403
          last edited by

          @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

          @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

          I fucking wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

          Have a buddy buy it for you and hand ship it up.

          border agent: That's a nice server you got there.... be a shame if you had to... pay taxes on it! muahahahaha

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          • DanpD
            Danp
            last edited by

            @thwr No, this would be for production usage. The SSDs are enterprise Samsung. Here's the spec sheet.

            @MattSpeller Ebay listing

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @MattSpeller
              last edited by

              @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

              @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

              @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

              I fucking wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

              Have a buddy buy it for you and hand ship it up.

              border agent: That's a nice server you got there.... be a shame if you had to... pay taxes on it! muahahahaha

              Nothing to claim, a buddy gave me this equipment from his personal lab.

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              • DanpD
                Danp @DustinB3403
                last edited by

                @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                But @Danp I thought the dell systems had a hard time with the Samsung ssds..

                Not sure. Was told that they would work fine, but would exhibit the known issue in OMSA.

                BRRABillB scottalanmillerS 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 1
                • MattSpellerM
                  MattSpeller @DustinB3403
                  last edited by gjacobse

                  @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                  @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                  @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                  @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                  I fucking wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

                  Have a buddy buy it for you and hand ship it up.

                  border agent: That's a nice server you got there.... be a shame if you had to... pay taxes on it! muahahahaha

                  Nothing to claim, a buddy gave me this equipment from his personal lab.

                  "In general, the goods you include in your personal exemption must be for your personal or household use. These goods include souvenirs, gifts that you received from friends or relatives living outside Canada or prizes that you won."

                  Canada customs gives no f(***)s about gifts, only charging taxes on everything

                  https://travel.gc.ca/returning/customs/what-you-can-bring-home-to-canada#conditions

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403 @MattSpeller
                    last edited by gjacobse

                    @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                    @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                    @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                    @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                    @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                    I fucking wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

                    Have a buddy buy it for you and hand ship it up.

                    border agent: That's a nice server you got there.... be a shame if you had to... pay taxes on it! muahahahaha

                    Nothing to claim, a buddy gave me this equipment from his personal lab.

                    "In general, the goods you include in your personal exemption must be for your personal or household use. These goods include souvenirs, gifts that you received from friends or relatives living outside Canada or prizes that you won."

                    Canada customs gives no f(***)s about gifts, only charging taxes on everything

                    https://travel.gc.ca/returning/customs/what-you-can-bring-home-to-canada#conditions

                    Eh... Canada sounds almost as bad as American customs, except they just ask, "anything to declare"

                    "Nope, just headed home"

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @MattSpeller
                      last edited by gjacobse

                      @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                      @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                      @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                      @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                      @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                      I fucking wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

                      Have a buddy buy it for you and hand ship it up.

                      border agent: That's a nice server you got there.... be a shame if you had to... pay taxes on it! muahahahaha

                      Nothing to claim, a buddy gave me this equipment from his personal lab.

                      "In general, the goods you include in your personal exemption must be for your personal or household use. These goods include souvenirs, gifts that you received from friends or relatives living outside Canada or prizes that you won."

                      Canada customs gives no f(***)s about gifts, only charging taxes on everything

                      https://travel.gc.ca/returning/customs/what-you-can-bring-home-to-canada#conditions

                      And worst case, why not just have a receipt for $100 for computer equipment.

                      What's the tax on that?

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                      • MattSpellerM
                        MattSpeller @DustinB3403
                        last edited by gjacobse

                        @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                        @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                        @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                        @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                        @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                        @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                        I fucking wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

                        Have a buddy buy it for you and hand ship it up.

                        border agent: That's a nice server you got there.... be a shame if you had to... pay taxes on it! muahahahaha

                        Nothing to claim, a buddy gave me this equipment from his personal lab.

                        "In general, the goods you include in your personal exemption must be for your personal or household use. These goods include souvenirs, gifts that you received from friends or relatives living outside Canada or prizes that you won."

                        Canada customs gives no f(***)s about gifts, only charging taxes on everything

                        https://travel.gc.ca/returning/customs/what-you-can-bring-home-to-canada#conditions

                        And worst case, why not just have a receipt for $100 for computer equipment.

                        What's the tax on that?

                        You seem to be under the impression that customs agents are dumb. You would be incorrect in my experience.

                        Tax rate here is 13.5% so potentially saving $500 in tax is not worth the risk. They can seriously mess with you.

                        2630x1.25x1.135= $3731CDN.... sigh.

                        Edit: checked xe.com, it's $1.30:1 sobs quietly for the death of his online shopping fun times

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                        • RamblingBipedR
                          RamblingBiped @MattSpeller
                          last edited by

                          @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                          @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                          @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                          @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                          @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                          @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                          @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                          I fucking wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

                          Have a buddy buy it for you and hand ship it up.

                          border agent: That's a nice server you got there.... be a shame if you had to... pay taxes on it! muahahahaha

                          Nothing to claim, a buddy gave me this equipment from his personal lab.

                          "In general, the goods you include in your personal exemption must be for your personal or household use. These goods include souvenirs, gifts that you received from friends or relatives living outside Canada or prizes that you won."

                          Canada customs gives no fucks about gifts, only charging taxes on everything

                          https://travel.gc.ca/returning/customs/what-you-can-bring-home-to-canada#conditions

                          And worst case, why not just have a receipt for $100 for computer equipment.

                          What's the tax on that?

                          You seem to be under the impression that customs agents are dumb. You would be incorrect in my experience.

                          Tax rate here is 13.5% so potentially saving $500 in tax is not worth the risk. They can seriously mess with you.

                          2630x1.25x1.135= $3731CDN.... sigh.

                          Edit: checked xe.com, it's $1.30:1 sobs quietly for the death of his online shopping fun times

                          What if we inserted and secured the servers into one of the big bubble bouncy ball things and delivered it via trebuchet?

                          alt text

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                          • RamblingBipedR
                            RamblingBiped
                            last edited by

                            I mean, it isn't like he's using HDDs; everything should still be within warranty on landing right?

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                            • BRRABillB
                              BRRABill @Danp
                              last edited by

                              @Danp said in Virtualization build:

                              @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                              But @Danp I thought the dell systems had a hard time with the Samsung ssds..

                              Not sure. Was told that they would work fine, but would exhibit the known issue in OMSA.

                              Depends on the drive. I tried Kingston and EDGE SSDs that the manufacturer claimed worked, and exhibited issues in addition to not appearing in OMSA.

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                              • MattSpellerM
                                MattSpeller @RamblingBiped
                                last edited by

                                @RamblingBiped said in Virtualization build:

                                @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                                @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                                @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                                @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                                @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                                @DustinB3403 said in Virtualization build:

                                @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                                I fucking wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

                                Have a buddy buy it for you and hand ship it up.

                                border agent: That's a nice server you got there.... be a shame if you had to... pay taxes on it! muahahahaha

                                Nothing to claim, a buddy gave me this equipment from his personal lab.

                                "In general, the goods you include in your personal exemption must be for your personal or household use. These goods include souvenirs, gifts that you received from friends or relatives living outside Canada or prizes that you won."

                                Canada customs gives no fucks about gifts, only charging taxes on everything

                                https://travel.gc.ca/returning/customs/what-you-can-bring-home-to-canada#conditions

                                And worst case, why not just have a receipt for $100 for computer equipment.

                                What's the tax on that?

                                You seem to be under the impression that customs agents are dumb. You would be incorrect in my experience.

                                Tax rate here is 13.5% so potentially saving $500 in tax is not worth the risk. They can seriously mess with you.

                                2630x1.25x1.135= $3731CDN.... sigh.

                                Edit: checked xe.com, it's $1.30:1 sobs quietly for the death of his online shopping fun times

                                What if we inserted and secured the servers into one of the big bubble bouncy ball things and delivered it via trebuchet?

                                alt text

                                I have no clue but that excites me in a "don't want to be caught doing it but really want to find out" kinda way

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                                • DashrenderD
                                  Dashrender @MattSpeller
                                  last edited by

                                  @MattSpeller said in Virtualization build:

                                  I fucking wish we could get pricing like that in Canada.

                                  Shit, have it delivered to the US and drive here pick it up!

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @Danp
                                    last edited by

                                    @Danp said in Virtualization build:

                                    @thwr No, this would be for production usage. The SSDs are enterprise Samsung. Here's the spec sheet.

                                    @MattSpeller Ebay listing

                                    OMG how are you getting Enterprise drives so CHEAP? I would expect the drives to be more than your listed price.

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @Danp
                                      last edited by

                                      @Danp said in Virtualization build:

                                      Recently got a quote for the following used server --

                                      Dell R720 SFF
                                      Dual E5-2670 8 core 2.5 Ghz
                                      192 GB RAM
                                      8x New Samsung 480GB SSD 
                                      H710 integrated LSI SAS RAID 0-6
                                      16 drive Bay server
                                      Dual 750W power supply
                                      Rail kit
                                      1 year warranty
                                      

                                      Quoted price was $2629/ea. The plan would be to replace my aging R905 with two newer servers.

                                      Comments or suggestions?

                                      Where did the quote come from? xByte?

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                                      • MattSpellerM
                                        MattSpeller @Dashrender
                                        last edited by MattSpeller

                                        @Dashrender no clue but he did link an ebay post below

                                        http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-R720-SFF-16-Bay-Dual-E5-2670-192GB-RAM-2-4TB-H710-2x-PWS-Rail-Kit-/152215083076?hash=item2370b9d844:g:dPcAAOSwMtxXuz~z

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                                        • NashBrydgesN
                                          NashBrydges @MattSpeller
                                          last edited by

                                          @MattSpeller I got a similar quote for same config minus the SSDs and only half the RAM at $2,500 CDN 😞

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                                          • DanpD
                                            Danp @Dashrender
                                            last edited by

                                            @Dashrender Several examples from ebay:

                                            http://www.ebay.com/itm/162152649359?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

                                            http://www.ebay.com/itm/162022356138?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

                                            http://www.ebay.com/itm/152233743184?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

                                            The first two are listed as new w/ warranty. The last is listed as used, but with minimal usage and warranty until 2020.

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