Hi All, I recently acquired (gratis) a Compaq ProLiant DL 590/64 Quad Itanium (Merced) server. It has a (4) SCSI drive capacity (hot swap). 7U form factor. 1 GB RAM (64 GB capable).
This will be used at home for my tinkering and enjoyment. I have (4) brand new Seagate SCSI drives I can use, (9.1 GB) which would give me about 27 GB in a RAID 5 configuration, which would probably be adequate for my initial purposes. Questions and RFC's are as follows: Reviewing HP/Compaq's forums I don't see much mention of the 590/64, which tells me it is either (A.) a hefty paperweight, or (B.) pretty much trouble free compared to every other HP/Compaq server out there. I'm inclined by virtue of experience to view (A.) as the most likely scenario. Any advice, caveats, or expressions of sympathy? I'm looking for sources (cheapest) for (4) SCSI carriers for same. Also (cheapest) larger capacity SCSI drives, and Memory (cheapest) for same. I usually go to DataMem in Salem, NH... didn't know if someone might have an alternative source. Best choice for *NIX OS for this machine? I have CentOS running well on my old DEC Alpha. Ubuntu running smoothly on some iMac's, I see FreeBSD has a port for IA64, or maybe FC-6 (64bit)? The last time I heard someone say "Itanium" at a LUG meeting, it was followed by hoots of laughter. Thanks, Mike ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/