On a more modest scale, I'm hoping these will come back in stock soon: http://shop.adapteva.com/collections/featured-products/products/parallella-cluster-kit
Andrew On 10/01/14 13:01, Avi Miller wrote: > I’M SORRY, WHAT? I CAN’T HEAR YOU! MY EARS HAVE EXPLODED (with delight, > naturally). > > It’s Friday, so hopefully I can get away with it. :) > > On 10 Jan 2014, at 12:49 pm, Toby Corkindale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main > _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
