[GLLUG] Free hardware

[frank.dolinar at comcast.net]

I like the idea, too. 
Between now and whenever this happens, we might try to get some idea of who might benefit by being gifted with these "potluck" computers. 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Ulrich" <charles at bityard.net> 
To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu 
Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 1:04:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Free hardware 

I like this idea. Despite my best efforts at not accumulating too much crap, I still find myself periodically needing to get rid of a small pile of perfectly good (if somewhat outdated) hardware. 

Charles 

----- Original message ----- 
> I've got a random closet full of parts, too. Is there any interest in 
> getting together some weekend (perhaps in the fall) and having our own 
> not-so-junkpile event to build (donate?) a bunch of usable systems? 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Lachniet, Mark<mlachniet at analysts.com> wrote: 
> > Hey I'm too lazy to do research and pull off all the cooling fans and stuff, 
> > but I can say that I have at least 2-3 functional motherboard and CPU combos 
> > that are fast enough to run decent Linux boxes. They run Windows XP just 
> > fine. Come over to my house and you are welcome to poke around at them. 
> > 
> > The Dell servers are BIG and NOISY. I think like 16U maybe? or 12? . The 
> > first is 2x650mhz CPU, the second is 4x700mhz CPU. Both Xeon. They both 
> > have memory between 2gb and 4gb (actually that memory is probably worth 
> > money). Thus the CPUs have a huge amount of Cache, but a low clock speed. 
> > Each one has like 3 power supplies, the ability to do RAID (but no rails for 
> > the disks) They would be perfect for a web server that needed to have high 
> > availability - you could get a RAID 1 server set up with 3 power supplies in 
> > a day - but they would not be super fast. I think I have at least one 
> > person who is gonna take the Dell servers. The 9gb disk is just the only 
> > LVD SCSI hard drive I had laying around - I threw it in there and install 
> > VMWARE ESX on it I think. Its not even properly mounted, just hanging there 
> > by a frayed SCSI cable but functional 
> > ________________________________ 
> > From: frank.dolinar at comcast.net [mailto:frank.dolinar at comcast.net] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:35 PM 
> > To: Lachniet, Mark 
> > Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu 
> > Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Free hardware 
> > 
> > Mark, 
> > I'm interested in knowing more about the motherboards, e.g. make, model, 
> > processor, with or without memory? 
> > And I may have a use for the Xeon server. How big is the box? Is the 
> > 9Gb disk part of that or separate? How noisy is the power supply? 
> > 
> > Please advise. 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > Frank 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Mark Lachniet" <mlachniet at analysts.com> 
> > To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 12:57:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> > Subject: [GLLUG] Free hardware 
> > 
> > I have some random computer hardware that I will give away to a good home. 
> > A few working motherboard/cpu/cooling fan combos - generally Athlon up to 
> > about 1gig in speed. Most of them need PC 3200 memory. They all work. I 
> > also have a big stack of black Dell CD-ROM drives (not DVD). In addition a 
> > few misc. items if anyone wants to dig through my crap. More ribbon cables 
> > than you can shake a stick at, old video and network cards, etc. I also 
> > have some BIG A$$ Dell servers - including one Quad-core Xeon with 2gb of 
> > memory and a 9gb disk and three power supplies. They are too big for my 
> > rack but they work. I would sell them on ebay but the cost of shipping 
> > these beasts exceeds their value 
> > 
> > Send me an email if you wanna get dibs on any of this stuff 
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