No hits so far...I guess next I wiill try CraigsList? -Charles
Charles Jones wrote: > I posted this nearly 10 months ago, and still have them. At the time a > few people replied, some of them obviously just wanted them to resell > them, some for wrong reasons like "use them as a game server". I did > have one serious inquiry but I was so busy at the time (I was suddenly > responsible for the jobs of 5 people) I didn't get back to them and > their voicemail got autopurged. > > Anyhow, I am looking to get rid of these servers. I can help roll them > out to the elevator lobby but loading them up and taking them away is > your responsibility. Here is my orig message: > > Here are some pics I snapped of the servers before I left work today. I > shoved an office chair into the frame so you could get an idea of the > scale. Note on any of the URLs yhou can s/sized// if you want to see a > larger version. > > Rear view: > http://www.the-ownage.com/gallery/albums/cellpics/DSC02099.sized.jpg > Side view: > http://www.the-ownage.com/gallery/albums/cellpics/DSC02098.sized.jpg > Front view: > http://www.the-ownage.com/gallery/albums/cellpics/DSC02100.sized.jpg > > As you can see, these are not something that you can just slide into the > back of an SUV. I doubt that 2 men could pick them up to put them into > the back of a pickup, you will probably need a truck with a ramp or > liftgate. Note that the doors for the top portion of the cabinet are > missing. I believe they got donated away with another shipment. > > The cabinets themselves require 220V power: > http://www.the-ownage.com/gallery/albums/cellpics/DSC02105.sized.jpg > However, this is mainly to provide a lot of power for filling it up with > disk arrays. You CAN plug just the server into a normal 115V power > source (with a normal plug). > > I have not powered them on yet to verify the specs, but here is an idea, > based on eyeballing the installed boards, and the usual loadout of 2 > CPUs and 2GB of RAM per board: > Server 1: 8 boards = 16 CPUs, 32GB RAM > http://www.the-ownage.com/gallery/albums/cellpics/DSC02106.sized.jpg > Server 2: 5 boards (2 filler panels, plus 1 missing) = 10 CPUs, 20GB of > RAM: http://www.the-ownage.com/gallery/albums/cellpics/DSC02101.sized.jpg > Server 3: 6 boards (2 filler panels) = 12 CPUs, 24GB RAM: > http://www.the-ownage.com/gallery/albums/cellpics/DSC02107.sized.jpg > > If you're curious as to what the boards look like on the inside: > http://www.the-ownage.com/gallery/albums/cellpics/DSC02102.sized.jpg > > Heres a pic of the back of one of the servers: > http://www.the-ownage.com/gallery/albums/cellpics/DSC02104.sized.jpg > 2 IO boards with multiple SE and differential SCSI controllers, and FC > interfaces. It looks like this particular one actually has a disk board > installed in one of the rear bays, which means it can boot up by itself. > At the time I didn't notice if they all had disk boards, but from > looking again at the large rearview pic ( > http://www.the-ownage.com/gallery/cellpics/DSC02099?full=1 ), I believe > they do, which is really nice in that no disk array for the OS is needed. > > Other random notes: > * It looks like someone stole the fan module out of one of the > enclosures, I will find it if I can. > * One of the cabinets has some large scratch marks on one side (who > cares, its a server cabinet and will probably be pressed against a wall > or another server cabinet). > * The cabinets do have wheels and they roll straight forward/backward > fairly easily, once you get some momentum going :) > * At least one of the cabinets has rackmounts for what looks like D1000 > disk arrays in the bottom. > > Again, I cannot stress enough that this is some serious hardware, and > even though they are only 400Mhz CPUs, they are 64bit UltraSparc CPUs, > and 16 of them can be quite powerful. These servers were primarily used > for Oracle database servers and they did the job well. This equipment > would be WAY overkill for game servers or just to play with. I am > hoping someone that otherwise could not afford them could make use of > them for hosting some serious apps for their school or business. > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
