Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On 04/15/2014 05:17 AM, Christian Freund wrote: > Now calculating the hardware cost: 60K EUR for servers, storage-upgrade and > licenses, and saving 262MWh or 52K EUR per year. So after 14 month of > operation the energy-saving pays the hardware. In your case it was a big win. For us, not so much.

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On 04/14/2014 11:58 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > So has anyone done a cost analysis on the point where it is an overall > win to replace those old power hogs even if they still work if you > consider several years of savings on power/AC/space/time and maybe the > possibility of replacing at least 4

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] Im Auftrag von Les Mikesell Gesendet: Montag, 14. April 2014 17:59 An: CentOS mailing list Betreff: Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:28 AM, w

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:28 AM, wrote: > > > Oh. START THE PROCESS to budget for replacements of the PE 1950's. Start > it last week. We replaced all ours a couple of years ago - inside of a > month, we had something like 4? 6? of them have the RAID daughterboard > croak (talk about quality con

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Lamar Owen wrote: > On 04/14/2014 08:02 AM, mark wrote: >> We've got servers that are 5+ years old, including a >> once-supercomputer from SGI that's from, I think, '03. And if *anyone* >> thinks we need to get rid of it, they can contact me offlist, to >> arrange, from their pocket, a donation to

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On 04/14/2014 08:02 AM, mark wrote: > We've got servers that are 5+ years old, including a > once-supercomputer from SGI that's from, I think, '03. And if *anyone* > thinks we need to get rid of it, they can contact me offlist, to > arrange, from their pocket, a donation to the civilian sector o

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On 04/12/14 10:57, Lamar Owen wrote: > On 04/12/2014 10:46 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: >> Now, if I may rant just a bit. >> >> ... >> Sorry for the rant. >> > > And even more sorry that I didn't make it clear that the rant was > directed at no-one in particular, but just out there on the list, and > defi

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] Im Auftrag von John R Pierce Betreff: Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS I've retired all the older xeon "P4" class hardware from my development lab as its increasingly unreliable as i

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Apr 12, 2014, at 10:03 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > I've retired all the older xeon "P4" class hardware from my development > lab as its increasingly unreliable as it gets older than 5 years old. > a huge 6000 watt chassis of 8 dual single core servers with 8gb max ram > each can *easily*

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

I've retired all the older xeon "P4" class hardware from my development lab as its increasingly unreliable as it gets older than 5 years old. a huge 6000 watt chassis of 8 dual single core servers with 8gb max ram each can *easily* be replaced with a single 1U or 2U server with dual 8 core pr

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Apr 12, 2014, at 6:15 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Russell Miller wrote: > >> >> How much current do you need? I bet I could find you one (if it's not a >> ridiculous amount). There's a surplus place here in the Portland area that >> has all manner of mar

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Russell Miller wrote: > > How much current do you need? I bet I could find you one (if it's not a > ridiculous amount). There's a surplus place here in the Portland area that > has all manner of marginally useful power supplies. I'm a bit far from Portland I'm

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:33 PM, eoconno...@gmail.com wrote: > Why would it uhh ave been tossed in the first place?... I imagine it was something like: UW SCSI devices are nowhere to be found on the local market -which I've been able to confirm by doing a simple search on local auctions site and

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

(If this double posts, my apologies. The first one was sent from the wrong address and I'm not sure it went through) On Apr 12, 2014, at 8:46 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > > It seems the only stumbling block for me so far is > 1. Finding a 48V power supply How much current do you need? I bet

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

H.guess everyone's definition of fun is different?.LoL! EGO II - Reply message - From: m.r...@5-cent.us To: "CentOS mailing list" Subject: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS Date: Fri, Apr 11, 2014 1:14 pm Fernando Cas

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

uot; To: "CentOS mailing list" Subject: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS Date: Fri, Apr 11, 2014 10:47 am On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:38 AM, wrote: > It could have been tossed because it was old... but I'd wonder if it was > tossed becau

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Why would it uhh ave been tossed in the first place?.I'm assuming SOMETHING was amiss.and forced the trashing of this equip. - Reply message - From: "Fernando Cassia" To: "CentOS mailing list" Subject: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCS

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > Now, if you're in the 'experimenting' mood you might look at what it > would take to adapt something like > > http://shop.codesrc.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=50 > (a 50-pin narrow SCSI to SD flash card board) to LVD

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On 04/12/2014 10:46 AM, Lamar Owen wrote: > Now, if I may rant just a bit. > > ... > Sorry for the rant. > And even more sorry that I didn't make it clear that the rant was directed at no-one in particular, but just out there on the list, and definitely not directed at Fernando. ___

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On 04/10/2014 10:10 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Hi there. > > I got myself a pair of old Intel Xeon blades, which I plan to > repurpose with CentOS. > The model is : HP bl20p-g3 server blade > > Manual > http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12322_ca/12322_ca.pdf > > Now, the main problem

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

John R Pierce wrote: > On 4/11/2014 11:26 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: >> I know what it is for (SAN) but I've never worked with fiberchannel. Can >> I get SATA ports out of this though some adapter? >> Like >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-10-Emulex-250-076-900D-SATA-TO-FIBRE-CHANNEL-ADAPTER-/15126

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:35 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > looked up that ISP2312 QLogic chip on the FC HBA, its is > PCI-X, not PCI-E, and again, its on a proprietary mezzenaine form factor. > I come from the Amiga world where tiny firms designed all sorts of mezzanine adapter boards to add functi

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> Unless you need the space-heater functionality it is hard to beat a VM >> for the experimental stages of anything. Generally you can just >> download an iso image to the host, map t

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Unless you need the space-heater functionality it is hard to beat a VM > for the experimental stages of anything. Generally you can just > download an iso image to the host, map the file as the guest DVD, and > boot into whatever you want. >

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > >> So... wouldn't it be a lot more practical to run a VM or 2 there than >> whatever you were planning for that power-sucking chassis even if you >> did have the right power supply? >> > > I'm still in the pipe dream phase. :) I'm sure even

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:41 PM, wrote: > Aren't those wonderful - and *so* much safer and better than the radiant > ones? > Yes, that's why I bought 'em. Mines are 15 yrs old and still running. :o) But then down here @ BA City we don't have such strong winters like most of the USA http://www.w

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 2:54 PM, John R Pierce > wrote: > >> thats 3000 watts each. > > Just like my oil-filled radiator heaters... > http://goo.gl/mO9Rzo Aren't those wonderful - and *so* much safer and better than the radiant ones? mark

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On 4/11/2014 11:26 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > I know what it is for (SAN) but I've never worked with fiberchannel. Can I > get SATA ports out of this though some adapter? > Like > http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-10-Emulex-250-076-900D-SATA-TO-FIBRE-CHANNEL-ADAPTER-/151263868767 FC infrastucture i

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: >> > Those old Xeon's will NOT support 64bit virtualization. >> > I don't care as I have my AMD Opteron with AMD-V for that ;) So... wouldn't it be a lot more practical to run a VM or 2 there than whatever you were planning for that power-su

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > So... wouldn't it be a lot more practical to run a VM or 2 there than > whatever you were planning for that power-sucking chassis even if you > did have the right power supply? > I'm still in the pipe dream phase. :) I'm sure eventually I'll

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:07 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > and they support HP > 361426-B21 2Gbps Fiberchannel Host Bus Adapters. > I know what it is for (SAN) but I've never worked with fiberchannel. Can I get SATA ports out of this though some adapter? Like http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-10-Emule

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:15 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > 4 large healthy car car batteries in serial will run it for a few hours > on a charge. 48VDC is telco power, which is positive ground, negative > 'juice' > Or two large diesel truck 24VDC batts. Don't you have those up there? Down here I'

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:07 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > a modern Intel 'Core' processor has 2-3 times the bang per Ghz per > core. > Keep in mind I'm not running any benchmarks and that I've got this kit from the street for $0. Even if I spend $45 on it to make it work, it'd be faster than a Ras

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On 4/11/2014 11:05 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > ...and the 48V power. 4 large healthy car car batteries in serial will run it for a few hours on a charge. 48VDC is telco power, which is positive ground, negative 'juice' -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewher

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On 4/11/2014 8:21 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > Each of the two blades has its own riser board with 3 Broadcom Gigabit > Ethernet chips. > But there are no ethernet sockets in the blade itself. It seems the > ethernet signals go out of the back of the blade through the propietary > connector and the

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 2:54 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > thats 3000 watts each. Just like my oil-filled radiator heaters... http://goo.gl/mO9Rzo btw: found the CPU inside the blades are 380632-B21: (1) Intel® Xeon™ 3.0GHz standard (up to 2 supported) http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/id/en/un/WF0

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

John R Pierce wrote: > On 4/11/2014 10:37 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: >> "48V DC. 62.5 AMPS max per shelf. Dual circuits (A+B) for redundancy" > > thats 3000 watts each. > Right, but since he's only got two blades, I'd guess about a third, so about like a microwave. mark

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 2:09 PM, wrote: > >> >> lmao ;-) You mean like 141W peak consumption, while his toaster needs >> >> 2200W? >> >> You think that's all the one blade, with support and h/d etc will need? >> > Don´t fight guys, please. :)) Hey, he's the one who's usin

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On 4/11/2014 10:37 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > "48V DC. 62.5 AMPS max per shelf. Dual circuits (A+B) for redundancy" thats 3000 watts each. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast ___

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Richer, Mark (CIV) wrote: > Are you in the US? I have a place in New York state that I *just* > discovered a couple weeks ago, to my (and several users and their > managers) joy: FrozenPC.com, who will *make* custom > cables, and they're > *ver

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 2:09 PM, wrote: > >> lmao ;-) You mean like 141W peak consumption, while his toaster needs > >> 2200W? > > You think that's all the one blade, with support and h/d etc will need? > Don´t fight guys, please. :)) I´ve found more info, I only had to read the sticker on the

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Richer, Mark (CIV) wrote: > > Do you mean this URL instead? > http://frozencpu.com > In Rochester NY? I did correct myself in a later post, but yes, they're the folks. mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mail

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Do you mean this URL instead? http://frozencpu.com In Rochester NY? MARK H RICHER, MS CS NPS-NCR Digital Forensics Lab IT Manager Computer Science Department Naval Postgraduate School - National Capital Region (NCR) 900 N Glebe Rd, Rm 5-182, Arlington, VA 22203 571.858.3254 (o) 571.303.9498 (m)

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Rainer Duffner > wrote: > >> If you have no budget, blades are the worst to work with ;-) > > I'm beginning to realize that. ;-). > But think about it, if I can get it to work (even with no HDD and over the > network booting) that'd be a fu

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Christian Freund wrote: > I think you misunderstood me: this suckers gonna draw a LOT of watts. Your > home house wiring may not carry enough current per circuit breaker to run > it. >> lmao ;-) You mean like 141W peak consumption, while his toaster needs >> 2200W? You think that's all the one bla

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Rainer Duffner wrote: > If you have no budget, blades are the worst to work with ;-) I'm beginning to realize that. ;-). But think about it, if I can get it to work (even with no HDD and over the network booting) that'd be a fun weekend project. FC

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Christian Freund wrote: > > lmao ;-) You mean like 141W peak consumption, while his toaster needs > 2200W? Maybe he was thinking of a rack enclosure full of blades. I forgot to say that the enclosure can fit eight blades, the enclosure only had two. The rest ar

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Rainer Duffner wrote: > What about networking? > > They either have "shared" networking (AFAIK) or there needs to be a > module the lets you connect the blades to a switch... > Each of the two blades has its own riser board with 3 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet chips.

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

I think you misunderstood me: this suckers gonna draw a LOT of watts. Your home house wiring may not carry enough current per circuit breaker to run it. > lmao ;-) You mean like 141W peak consumption, while his toaster needs 2200W? ___ CentOS mailing lis

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:13 PM, wrote: > I think you misunderstood me: this suckers gonna draw a LOT of watts. Your > home house wiring may not carry enough current per circuit breaker to run > it. > How many watts? You mean this thing (a single blade) eats more than 1000 watts? I can procure

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:48 AM, wrote: > >> Oh, right - um, the obvious question (once I thought about it): can you >> actually plug this thing in at home, or is it going to pop the breaker >> when it tries to draw more current than the breaker's designed for? >> > I don

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:48 AM, wrote: > Oh, right - um, the obvious question (once I thought about it): can you > actually plug this thing in at home, or is it going to pop the breaker > when it tries to draw more current than the breaker's designed for? > I don't have no 48V DC power supply

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Am Fri, 11 Apr 2014 11:40:30 -0300 schrieb Fernando Cassia : > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:28 AM, wrote: > > > Again, you could hit eBay for a power supply. But all the servers, > > including blades, that I ever worked with were 120v or 220V (ok, > > this is the US). Is the psu in the box dead? >

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Oh, right - um, the obvious question (once I thought about it): can you actually plug this thing in at home, or is it going to pop the breaker when it tries to draw more current than the breaker's designed for? mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:38 AM, wrote: > It could have been tossed because it was old... but I'd wonder if it was > tossed because either the m/b or the CPU failed. > the guy who was throwing it into a dumpster bin when I walked by clearly knew something about servers, but didn't have much ide

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:28 AM, wrote: > >> Again, you could hit eBay for a power supply. But all the servers, >> including blades, that I ever worked with were 120v or 220V (ok, this is >> the US). Is the psu in the box dead? >> > > There's no PSU in the box. I've got t

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:38 AM, wrote: > Another thought: *carefully* examine the m/b. Techie friends have talked > at length about capacitors burning out. > It's in mint condition not even too much dust on the blade fans... The caps are all OK as well... That's why I picked up in the fir

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:28 AM, wrote: > Again, you could hit eBay for a power supply. But all the servers, > including blades, that I ever worked with were 120v or 220V (ok, this is > the US). Is the psu in the box dead? > There's no PSU in the box. I've got the enclosure as well! It's one of

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Christian Freund wrote: > Hello Fernando, > > a "blade"-server has the idea to save space and share resources of the > fitting enclosure, like SAN(or only SAN-switch), Network-Switch and > Power-Supply. > > I didn't know that it is a "play-out-hack-project" to get an ancient > junk-blade running wi

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:25 AM, Christian Freund wrote: > > Yes, I figured that because of the HDD technology. I wasn´t sure of > the 7 years or 5 years but I figured it was close to that timeframe. > But you know, I´m typing this on a dual-core AMD Opteron purchased in >

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

n Grüßen Christian Freund --- Christian Freund - fre...@wrz.de -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] Im Auftrag von Fernando Cassia Gesendet: Freitag, 11. April 2014 14:52 An: CentOS mailing list Betreff: Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xe

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:25 AM, Christian Freund wrote: > Hello Fernando, > > This drive-technology was replaced 7 years ago and the cpu's are that old as > well. Yes, I figured that because of the HDD technology. I wasn´t sure of the 7 years or 5 years but I figured it was close to that timefr

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

hricht- Von: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] Im Auftrag von Fernando Cassia Gesendet: Freitag, 11. April 2014 04:10 An: CentOS mailing list Betreff: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS Hi there. I got myself a pair of old Intel X

Re: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

hricht- Von: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] Im Auftrag von Fernando Cassia Gesendet: Freitag, 11. April 2014 04:10 An: CentOS mailing list Betreff: [CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS Hi there. I got myself a pair of old Intel X

[CentOS] Old HP Xeon server blade with only SCSI HDD ports & CentOS

Hi there. I got myself a pair of old Intel Xeon blades, which I plan to repurpose with CentOS. The model is : HP bl20p-g3 server blade Manual http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12322_ca/12322_ca.pdf Now, the main problem with this hardware is that LVD UW SCSI HDDs are hard to find and