Vic wrote:
> I hope this post doesn't come across as advertising - that's not my intent.
Someone will probably be grateful for the awareness:)
> I was down at Jamie's yesterday, playing with an IBM x3950 server. It's
> got twin 2.6GHz Xeons, multiple[1] 70GB SAS drives, and 16GB of RAM. And
> they've got two - don't know the spec of the other one.
Nice spec.
> I don't know anyone that can use such stuff - it's too big and noisy
> unless you've got a server room, and it's unlikely you could guarantee
> SLAs with second-hand kit. But it's a lovely unit, and plays very well
> with Linux (I booted Fedora, and found an installation of RHEL ES3 on the
> drive I was blanking).
Is there a co-lo in Southampton these days?
> If anyone can use such stuff, you should get in touch with them. I'm sure
> these boxen will be quite cheap...
Not me though:) That's a mighty thousand? Watts to keep fired, my
requirements don't justify it at the moment, maybe in a month or two I'll
take another look.
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