[GLLUG] Free hardware
Eduardo Cesconetto
eduardo at cesconetto.com
Fri Jun 5 13:53:48 EDT 2009
It would be a nice way to introduce GLLUG to a school, maybe donate a
ready-to-go Linux running alternative computer lab, along with a intro
to open source panel for students. Just saying...
Eduardo Cesconetto - eduardo at cesconetto.com
On Apr 5, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Charles Ulrich <charles at bityard.net> wrote:
> 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 small pile of perfectly good (if somewhat outdated) hardware.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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