Oh wow.. I think I worked with those for a period, some years back. Powering one up in the office (to get an idea about what'd be required for an initial rack install) was a quick way to become least-popular-person-ever. It was a lot of computing power in a small amount of space, but a bit confronting to run up.
On 10 January 2014 08:25, Avi Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey kids, > > I have an IBM BladeCenter chassis with 10 working (and 1 non-working) blades > that is taking up space in my house. The chassis works great, and has both > gigabit ethernet and fibre channel connectivity. The 10 working blades are > mostly HS21s with dual-sockets and anywhere from 2GB - 8GB of memory (from > memory). There is also an 11th blade I could never get to work, but could be > used for parts, I guess. > > I’m happy to give the entire lot to anyone who’s willing to come pick it up > from my house in Melbourne. :) > > Caveats: this thing is large. Like 5RU or 6RU or something. It’s also > massively heavy. Fully loaded, it’s probably 60kgs+ or so. It requires 15A > power (cables not included) and has four PSUs, so you need significant power > supply (though it’ll run with only 2 connected). And finally, it’s > stupendously loud. Like imaging an A380 landing about 10m away from you and > then double it. This thing wouldn’t sit under someone’s desk. :) > > I’d prefer to give the whole lot away in one go, and I’d also prefer to give > it to a non-profit or educational organisation, or anyone who is going to > take hackvantage of it. I bought the whole lot for about $500 thinking I’d be > able to do some virtualisation work with it, but the power requirements and > noise just weren’t appropriate for a work-from-home environment. > > If this sound like something you’d like and you have a server > room/basement/garden shed/bunker in which to store it, and some way of > picking it up from an outer Northern suburb of Melbourne, please email me > directly. > > NOTE: I can’t power the thing up any more, so please don’t ask specific > questions about actual memory sizing or processors. I believe they’re Intel > Xeon-esque processors. Each blade also has 2x internal HDDs. Essentially, > you’re getting the lot for free, so think of it as a blade centre lucky dip! > :) > > Email me off-list if you can take it off my hands. > > Cheers, > Avi > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main -- Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer Things fall apart; the center cannot hold Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
