Hello All,
we have a range of HP ProLiant DL380 G4 servers that are surplus to our
business requirements for sale. These machines are 19" mount,
IBM-compatible and fitted with some sort of Intel 64-bit CPU (Xeon
something IIRC). There are half a dozen or so of them with RAM
configurations from 2 to 6 GB. Discs range from smaller dual-36GB, up to
a full complement of 6x300GB in one of them, all UltraSCSI 320. The
servers have a hardware RAID controller that offers RAID0, RAID1+0 and
RAID5. Most of the boxes have dual PSUs and redundant fans. One of them
has a bunch of optical network cards in addition to the built-in dual
Ethernet. They all have either USB or CD-ROM (most of them have both),
so that installing Linux on them is straightforward (just trying to
finally get on topic here...).
This hardware clearly is not top-notch in terms of CPU bandwidth anymore
today, but they are still pretty reliable and do throw alerts if any of
the parts fail, so that you can then replace the faulty part at your
leisure, while the redundant bits carry on keeping operations going.
Needless to say that this comes at the expense of slightly higher power
consumption and noise levels than a good desktop PC would cause.
Software: none included. (We ran Windows 2003 Server on some of them,
and then also RHEL on some.)
Let me know if you are interested, and I can provide more detail, or you
can simply come by and take a look.
Price - we are not trying to get rich quickly here but would try to
recover a little bit more than for desktop PCs of the same vintage...
that being said, if you need something for the CLUG itself, or charity
or school we would donate some of the hardware for a good community purpose.
Kind regards,
*Helmut Walle - Network and CPE Manager*
*Arc Innovations Limited**
*15 Print Place, Middleton, Christchurch 8024
PO Box 6321, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8442, New Zealand.
P. +64 3 335 5436 F. +64 3 335 5301 M. +64 21 446 137
W. www.arcinnovations.com <http://www.arcinnovations.com>
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