[Hosting] [Fwd: hardware for trilug?]

[Jeremy Portzer]

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Any thoughts please?
There are 43 people on this list, surely *someone* read this email and
has an opinion one way or another.  Thanks!

--Jeremy

On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 11:59, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
> TriLUG hosting folks -- any thoughts ?
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> One thought I had was it's too bad we don't have a school we could
> install LTSP in; this box might make a good LTSP server (especially with
> more RAM).  Maybe we need to go recruiting for another school project.
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> --Jeremy
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> -----Forwarded Message-----
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> From: Jason Tower <jason@cerient.net>
> To: jeremyp@pobox.com
> Subject: hardware for trilug?
> Date: 17 Mar 2003 23:56:18 -0500
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> hey jeremy,
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> got a proposition for you.  this hardware really isn't suitable for me or=
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> customers but i think it would work very well for trilug.  there's just o=
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> catch, but i'll save that for last:
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> ibm netfinity 5500 M10 rackmount server - 7 or 8U high, dual xeon 550s, 5=
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> ram, serveraid II controller, 2x18gb and 4x9gb hotswap disks.  it only ha=
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> two hotswap trays however, although with a little creativity you can get =
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> of them plugged in and running (as i have done) or you can probably get i=
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> to donate the needed trays.  this is big heavy unit and will take up some=
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> rack space but hopefully the CPU power would be worth it.
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> ibm exp15 rackmount scsi chassis - 3U high, holds 10 hotswap disks.  dual=
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> channel backplane, dual hotswap power supplies.  has all ten trays but on=
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> four are drilled for the disks, the rest need to be (anyone with a drill=20
> press should be able to do the job, but i don't have one).  plus twelve 9=
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> ultra160 SCA disks, brand new (enough to fill the unit plus two spares).
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> ibm serveraid 3H controller - 64bit PCI (works in regular 32bit slots as =
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> w/ dual external and one internal channel, onboard battery backup.  and i=
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> have the cables if necessary, they fit both the controller and the exp15=20
> (very high density connectors).
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> my only problem is this (and i feel like a heel for saying it) but...  i =
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> to buy the twelve 9gb disks myself (i intended to use the unit myself but=
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> size/power/noise makes it impractical).  i got a good deal on them but th=
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> still cost me about $200 out of pocket.  i'll glaly donate everything but=
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> would like to cover my costs for the disks so it zeroes out on my company=
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> balance sheet.  i don't expect trilug to pay me cash for this stuff but m=
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> we can swap some other hardware, maybe stuff that this equipment replaces=
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> older servers, disks, memory, or whatnot.  i wish i were in a financial=20
> position to donate it all outright but my business is only six months old=
 and=20
> every penny counts right now.  i could probably sell this stuff on ebay f=
or=20
> at least a grand but i'd rather give trilug the option first.  if i can=20
> recover the $200 disk cost and just get a receipt for the rest that would=
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> work for me, and hopefully trilug would benefit as well.  if not, no prob=
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> i'll just find some other outlet for it.
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> let me know what you think, feel free to forward to the rest of the SC as=
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> see fit.  thanks,
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> jason
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