Supermicro SSG-6047R-E1R24N

I just got two of these. Fully loaded. Disks, sleds, rails.Fiber cards + 4 onboard NICs and 4 more on another card.Its a dual proc board with a bunch of ram slots. (I think its Sandybridge procs, DDR3.)20 HDD bays. These things are (older) beastly storage boxen.

Board Manufacturer: SupermicroChassis Part Number: CSE-846BTS-R920BPBoard Part Num: X9DRi-LN4+/X9DR3-LN4+Product PartNum: SSG-6047R-E1R24N

I got them because they were at a remote colo, and they crashed a bunch of times.They cost us more downtime than they were worth.I happened to be in town and made my boss an offer.He didn't have to pay for e-waste fees, and I removed his problem for the low, low cost of $0.

So now they are my problem.I don't need 200 TB of redundant storage. I'm gonna shop em out and sell em.No idea if the dual 920 watt psu will blow my apt breakers. Takes a lot of juice to spin 20 hdds.

So far, I've hauled them across half the US, up my stairs, and admired them.I found a youtuber 'Art of the Server' with some helpful vids. Watched a bunch.No real idea what I'm doing next.

I've configured them several times in the past. They always died after months of steady service.Dead disks, etc. Maybe bad controllers?A fault that intermittent is hard to diagnose, but they are in front of me now.I can do whatever I need to. These are complicated devices.My original plan of teardown and rebuild seems unwise now.

I'm interested in any practical feedback.