[Cialug] Poweredge 2950 oh....crap

[Scott Yates]

Wow, that's a great deal!

On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Rob Cook <rdjcook at gmail.com> wrote:

> Keep an eye on Midwestelectronicrecovery, they had HP Z workstations with
> dual hex?core (6 core) Xeons, and 24Gb RAM. So 12 physical and 12 logical
> cores, granted only 1Gb RAM per core but plenty of open slots. All for only
> $200. I had no need for something like that but it was so tempting. They
> are sold out however but they get stuff like that all the time.
>
> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 11:55 AM Justin Richeson <neomatrixjr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > David - I've been meaning to get over there and see what they have, but
> > since they're only open business hours....and I'm always @ work I haven't
> > made it there yet.
> >
> > Scott - that sounds like it'd work great.  Plus 4u usually has
> > bigger/quieter fans!  Send me a message off-list if you can with any more
> > details you have on that?  If you can get any of the following that'd be
> > great so I know what I'm getting into this time :)
> >
> > Brand: Penguin? White box?
> > Motherboard Model
> > CPU model(s)
> > RAM Configuration (slots available, populated, RAM type/required)
> >
> > anything else...?  RAID card, use caddies/backplane or are they just
> normal
> > screw in/attach cable?
> > any other useful info/pix would be great!
> >
> > --Justin
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I might have a machine for you.  It is an older model but perfect for a
> > > storage box:
> > >
> > > ​​
> > > Penguin Dual Xeon 3.
> > > ​0​
> > > Ghz/
> > > ​8​
> > > GB ram/ 16-Bay SATA Storage System.  This is a full rack mount server
> > (4u i
> > > think).
> > > ​I upgraded to a box with beefier CPU and more ram, it is in full
> working
> > > condition.
> > >
> > > Yours without drives for $100, but you have to come ​
> > > ​
> > > ​get it.​
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