Have you thought of donating them to all three of the BSD organizations sans Dragonfly? This would allow more work to be done by a larger collective group.
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 8:04 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > [This message was posted on an internal list with a grace period of two > weeks. > That two weeks expired today and it's being reposted to these lists.] > > Greetings, > > This is not a very easy message to write. After about 12+ years of running > AlphaServers, I will be decommissioning them ASAP. As sometimes it takes a > while to find new owners for these machines, I'm sending this message in > advance to gauge interest in taking them. They are: > > DEC AlphaServer 1200: (1) 533 MHz 21164A-2 CPU (until recently, it had > two of > these. One is now showing a fan error. Perhaps, if you replaced the fan, > it > still might work, if the board is OK), 1 GB ECC RAM, (2) 9.1 GB disks (one > is > DEC OEM :]), (2) 18.2 GB disks, (3) 36.4 GB disks, (2) DEC DE500-XA 100 > Mbit ethernet adapters, ARC Logic 2000PV VGA adapter (2 MB RAM?), QLogic > 1020 Fast Wide SCSI HBA, Mylex RAID DAC960P/PD controller with 8 MB RAM. > > DEC AlphaServer 4100: (4) 467 MHz 21164A-2 CPUs (one of these is dying, > but I > have a replacement for it), 1 GB ECC RAM, (2) 9.1 GB disks (one is also DEC > OEM :]), (2) 18.2 GB disks, (3) 36.4 GB disks, (2) DEC DE500-[A,B]A 100 > Mbit > ethernet adapters, S3 Trio32/64 VGA adapter (1 MB RAM?), QLogic 1020 Fast > Wide > SCSI HBA, Mylex RAID DAC960P/PD controller with 8 MB RAM, (2) 9.1 GB disks > configured RAID1, (4) 9.1 GB disks configured RAID5, another (4) 9.1 GB > disks > configured RAID5, (3) 9.1 GB disks configure RAID5. That makes (3) > StorageWorks arrays in the pedestal. > > Pictures of the machines are available upon request. There's probably some > other goodies in the box at the colo. I can't remember what's inside. > Definitely, I have (3) DS 1287 TOY (time of year) chips. These are not very > easy to find. > > These machines are available to (in order of priority): > > 1) NetBSD/alpha port maintainers; > 2) NetBSD/alpha developers; > 3) pkgsrc developers (any platform); > 4) NetBSD developers > > First person(s) in those categories showing interest gets them. You don't > have > to take both; you can just take one if for some reason you don't want both. > I'm not parting them out, though. They've available for pickup in Troy, MI, > UNITED STATES, and I can coordinate with the colo for you. The colo will > also > ship these machines for me, if you are willing to pay the shipping. In that > case, they're not limited to any particular geographic area. Someone has > already shown interest in at least one of these machines. Nonetheless, I > would > like to find alternates in case of the transferral of the machine(s) not > being > possible for whatever reason. > > The ETA for their availability is as soon as I get my replacement servers > (and preferably RAID array). I've had a gracious offer for the servers to > which I'll transition and we're just working out the details of that > arrangement. Recommendations for an at least 14 disk (3U preferably, but 4U > is OK; SCSI/SAS is preferred to SATA/ATA) RAID array (XServe RAID or not) > that does RAID6, can be managed entirely over an RS-232 (or Ethernet) port, > and doesn't require an operating system on the device to run would also be > helpful. > > The members of these lists have 14 days to declare interest/work out the > logistics of procuring these machines. After that, this message will be > posted to Tru64 Managers. If a home for them is not found (that is not the > bin or the scrap metal plant), this message will then be posted to CCE, > HECnet, and then to AnandTech. Any other ideas for finding new owners is > also welcome. >
