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Looking to purchase a server need advice

I am really not great  looking at server details. I have the opportunity to purchase the server below

I need a rack mount server that I can split using VM Wear

I am aware the OS does not come with the server

I need to make 2 servers using VM Ware

The processor speed must be 2.5 GHZ or higher on each server

Both server must have a at least 1 TB of space. This does not include the hard drive space

I believe the server needs to be setup as RAID 5 with redundant power supply

Can someone explain this to me? Am I missing something?

Do I have to do something different when purchasing the MS Server license?

Both servers will be used for data mining

I belive it was explained to me that this server has (quanity 12) 600 gb hard drives and 2 Intel Xeon X5650 Processors



Mod Number      Mod Description
X539J      Information
R465K      Information
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
W885J      Information
M19CG      Processor: Intel Xeon X5650 Processor(12M Cache, 2.66 GHz, 6.40 GT/s)
531RH      iDRAC6 Express
2HPVT      Thermal Heat Sink for 2 Processor
99M9K      Chassis for Up to 12 Hot Swap Hard Drives
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
38X2K      750W Redundant Power Supply
TY510      No Media Selected
W1R1Y      Processor: Intel Xeon X5650 Processor(12M Cache, 2.66 GHz, 6.40 GT/s)
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
8N5C6      Dell Outlet PowerEdge R510 Rack Server
5GN82      48 GB Memory (6X8GB), 1333MHz  Dual Ranked RDIMMs
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
PDJWX      Cable
DN458      HD Multi-Select
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
C58WM      Hard Drive Cable
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
W4V50      PERC H700 Integrated RAID Controller 512MB Cache
MMDHR      Cable
J3J88      Information
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
RGGC4      Service Software
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
T902J      iDRAC6 Enterprise
5193M      600 GB Serial-Attach SCSI 6Gbps 3.5-in Hot Plug Hard Drive (15K RPM)
KD483      No Operating System
F928P      Powercord,125Volt,15Amp,10 Foot
F928P      Powercord,125Volt,15Amp,10 Foot
K3R9G      Shipping Material
4DJP1      Bezel
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what is the purpose of your servers?  what kind of load are you expecting?

with this many 600GB 15K drives - I would do raid 10.