Careful about drive sleds, at one point, I believe that these qualify, you can only use Ultra320 drives, the sleds for them are just a hair shorter than other disks.
> Hi All, > > I recently acquired (gratis) a Compaq ProLiant DL > 590/64 Quad Itanium (Merced) server. It has a (4) > SCSI drive capacity (hot swap). 7U form factor. 1 GB > RAM (64 GB capable). > > This will be used at home for my tinkering and > enjoyment. I have (4) brand new Seagate SCSI drives I > can use, (9.1 GB) which would give me about 27 GB in a > RAID 5 configuration, which would probably be adequate > for my initial purposes. > > Questions and RFC's are as follows: > > Reviewing HP/Compaq's forums I don't see much mention > of the 590/64, which tells me it is either (A.) a > hefty paperweight, or (B.) pretty much trouble free > compared to every other HP/Compaq server out there. > I'm inclined by virtue of experience to view (A.) as > the most likely scenario. Any advice, caveats, or > expressions of sympathy? > > I'm looking for sources (cheapest) for (4) SCSI > carriers for same. Also (cheapest) larger capacity > SCSI drives, and Memory (cheapest) for same. I > usually go to DataMem in Salem, NH... didn't know if > someone might have an alternative source. > > Best choice for *NIX OS for this machine? I have > CentOS running well on my old DEC Alpha. Ubuntu > running smoothly on some iMac's, I see FreeBSD has a > port for IA64, or maybe FC-6 (64bit)? The last time I > heard someone say "Itanium" at a LUG meeting, it was > followed by hoots of laughter. > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
