Edward Ned Harvey <lop...@nedharvey.com> writes: > What do you think is the best channel to sell some stuff? (Netapp > storevault S500, 5x 500G sata disks, dual parity, 1.5T usable, 7 empty > slots, recently replaced by upgraded system) > > Probably not craigslist or ebay, right?
I don't know. usually I end up giving stuff away; if it's more than 3 years old, that might be the best thing to do. But, when I do end up selling, ebay usually nets me the best price, but it involves shipping, which is a pain if you don't have one of those packing-foam guns. By the time I hit craigslist, I am pretty much ready to give it away. (which can be harder than you think; I've got a bunch of used 1G fibre channel disk and equipment that I haven't been able to get anyone to cart off for free. If you are near Sunnyvale, I've also got some crappy chassis and some netburst lga775 p4 motherboards I'd give to anyone willing to haul 'em off. I'm seriously considering dragging them down to the local 'e-waste' center. I've gotta clear out the garage before this weekend. Actually, I think I'm going to email the local linux users group; people cheaper than I am.) you are going for a completely different market when you sell used. My food budget competes directly with my hardware budget, so I'll fight you for every penny, but even I don't use used hardware in production. (personally, I've learned my lesson. Never again will I use a proprietary SAN without firmware updates and support. It was a hard lesson to learn, and one I will not soon forget or repeat.) If your product is not EOL, and you can transfer an active support contract, things may be different. But being too poor to afford things like SANs with support contracts, I wouldn't know. -- Luke S. Crawford http://prgmr.com/xen/ - Hosting for the technically adept http://nostarch.com/xen.htm - We don't assume you are stupid. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
