I did like the Xeon-D at that time. I wanted to position them as servers for bioinformatics (gene sequencing). I never quite achieved that and do regret it.
On Tue, 1 Jun 2021 at 16:50, Andy Smith via GLLUG <gllug@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > Hello, > > On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 04:37:27PM +0100, James Courtier-Dutton via GLLUG > wrote: > > If you are a charity, it might be worth asking some service providers > > if they would donate a VM for your use also. > > I'll probably have some Supermicro Xeon D-1540-based systems that > are otherwise going to computer recycling soon. So if anyone wants > them they can have them for free - it will be collect from Telehouse > Docklands. These are 2015 vintage. As they're proper rackmount > servers they do have a decent BMC that supports remote power > management and console. > > I don't know what CPUs are in Stuart's IBM x3250s. If you can let us > know Stuart I can tell you how a 2GHz Xeon D-1540 compares. > > Cheers, > Andy > > -- > https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting > > -- > GLLUG mailing list > GLLUG@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug
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