Confused about a server purchase

[soamz]

Hi, we are an ISP in my town and we need like 4 servers currently for 4 different tasks.

1st Server - I currently use a VPS for 50$ a month from wiredtree.com since 3 years. Im thinking to get a server and host it in house, so, all the websites will be hosted from that server itself.

2nd Server - Log Server for ISP Customers, SpeedTest Host Server

3rd Server - Plex Movie Database

4th Server - Torrent Caching Server



For 1st and 2nd , I finalized this,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerE...6GB-RAM-2-5-/171888546707?hash=item28055b1393

For 3rd and 4th, I finalized this,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-ProLiant...0-24GB-RAM-No-2-5-HD-P410i-512MB/181844945656


Im only confused about how to install SATA Internal HDD to those servers.
So, can someone help me about it ?

 

[Gav2k]

There is drive cages in the front. You pull the lever and take it out insert a drive and pop it back in

 

[soamz]

There is drive cages in the front. You pull the lever and take it out insert a drive and pop it back in

You sure, it takes 3.5 SATA drives ?

 

[soamz]

And you have to choose the best among those 2 , which would you choose :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-PowerEdge-1950-II-2x-2-66GHz-5150-DC-16GB-RAM-2-5-/171888546707
or
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Proliant...Hz-Quad-Core-Xeon-28gb-PC2-5300-/131577363728

 

[Gav2k]

You sure, it takes 3.5 SATA drives ?

No the first takes 4x 2.5" sata and the second takes 8x 2.5" sata

 

[soamz]

No the first takes 4x 2.5" sata and the second takes 8x 2.5" sata

Cant we install a 3.5 to 2.5 convertor adapter and connect our drives ?

 

[Gav2k]

3.5" won't fit into a 2.5" hole

 

[soamz]

3.5" won't fit into a 2.5" hole

Yes!
I mean isn't there a way, we can get adapters and install the internal 4TB SATA to the adapter and connect it to the connectors of the 2.5 hole and job done ?
I understand the drives have to stay outside the server.

 

[Gav2k]

There is no way of installing an internal drive in either of the servers. There packaged very tightly inside

 

[soamz]

Okay I found this, it has 8 x 73GB SAS attached, can use this for the websites hosting ,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Proliant...83Ghz-16GB-8x-73GB-SAS-15K-Raid-/161808831224

And get this, for the log server as it has least work,
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Proliant...-Core-Xeon-2x-72gb-4gb-PC2-5300-/381360562538

It has 4GB RAM I see. I think, I can buy extra 16GB RAM for it and install and job done.