Dell R210 ii: pFsense

[meta69]

Hey!

I have the possibility to buy a Dell R210 ii with the following specs;

Dell PowerEdge R210 II
E3-1270 v2 3.5GHz 4-Cores 8T
1x 8GB RAM (max 32gb)
PERC H200 RAID PCIe kaart
2x 1tb schijf

Would this suffice to run pFsense with a modes amount of add-ons?
Given the price is €120, would you say this is a decent deal?
I already asked the seller regarding the wattage it sprouts [+/- 50 he claims], most things I've read about the Dell R210 ii's claims they're idling at 20s, would there be anything I could do to limit its wattage?

Thanks for the advice guys!
Can't wait to start tinkering with pFsense.

[stephenw10]

It would be more than sufficient to run whatever you need as long as you don't have multiple Gigabit connections or something similar.
But it will be loud and consume quite a lot. I would be surprised if you could get that anywhere near 20W. It's not a Dell but I have an E3-1275 v2 system and it runs at ~50W idle. I don't power it on very often!

Steve

[cptdevine]

Old dell hardware is great as long as you are'nt paying for the power. I had a bunch of old Dell servers where I used to work because I got free rack space.

[kiokoman]

i would think about it, it's a VERY noisy server and maybe too mutch power consuming if you intend to run only pfsense