Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Robin H. Johnson]

On Sat, Sep 09, 2017 at 08:25:17AM -0700, Rich Freeman wrote:
> Obviously there can be a balance.  If the hardware is Foundation owned
For the developers that haven't been around a long time, I'd like to
bring up what happened when zwelch forked Zynot from Gentoo.
zwelch personally owned several systems that were hosted at OSL, for
Gentoo development use. The fork was not amicable, and he took the
systems with him.

What has been done since then, is that the Foundation generally owns the
assets it pays for. Some of the assets even have a 'Property of Gentoo
Foundation' sticker on it. If a developer still has Foundation assets in
their possession when they leave Gentoo, and those assets still have
meaningful value (it could be dead or of no further use), the Foundation
will pay to ship them back to another developer or somewhere useful to
the Foundation.

> On the other hand, if the costs are reasonably low there might not be
> much risk in making some small payments to cover specific activities
> that are likely to benefit Gentoo when the person receiving the
> payments already has a history of doing work for Gentoo.  We print out
> stickers and CDs and hand those out at conferences and we don't ask
> what the recipients do with them.  Not every expenditure has to be
> 100% airtight.
The Foundation has already covered embedded systems and parts for
developers. Here's a quick snippet of the past bugs covering those, for
cases where the hardware does NOT live at OSL:
98733(chriswhite, video card), 
255274(armin76, parts for sh embedded system), 
284517(darkside, ppc embedded system), 
343975(darkside, hdd for arm system)
373241(mattst88, parts for mips system) 
417399(shipping hardware from darkside to blueness)
474774(mattst88, parts for alpha system)

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Rich Freeman]

On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Johnson Steward  wrote:
> Well, I guess the owner of the machines may want them to be under personal
> possession, be taken care of personally and, hopefully, extend the love he
> has with them even though he had to part with them. Sentiment towards old
> friends, you know :)
>

The obvious issue is that the Foundation could spend a lot of money on
shipping/parts/etc for something like this and then the person who
owns the device could decide the next day to not use it for Gentoo.

Obviously there can be a balance.  If the hardware is Foundation owned
and hosted by Infra then it seems pretty obvious that Gentoo should
just foot the bills (and can of course solicit donations to help with
this).  This is basically what already happens with a lot of Infra's
gear, though some of that is also donated so that somebody else is
generously footing the bills.  The Foundation has a planned budget for
these kinds of expenditures and it is largely administered by Infra
(we're not waiting for Trustee meetings to go replacing failed RAID
drives and such).  Pretty much any serious organization handles
routine spending in this way.

On the other hand, if the costs are reasonably low there might not be
much risk in making some small payments to cover specific activities
that are likely to benefit Gentoo when the person receiving the
payments already has a history of doing work for Gentoo.  We print out
stickers and CDs and hand those out at conferences and we don't ask
what the recipients do with them.  Not every expenditure has to be
100% airtight.

I just wouldn't expect the Foundation to pay somebody $2k to buy
hardware for what amounts to their own personal use.

In any case, as was already done you should just submit a bug and ask,
and the trustees can figure out where to draw the line.

-- 
Rich

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Johnson Steward]

Well, I guess the owner of the machines may want them to be under personal
possession, be taken care of personally and, hopefully, extend the love he
has with them even though he had to part with them. Sentiment towards old
friends, you know :)

Johnson Steward

2017/09/09 22:39 "William L. Thomson Jr." :

> On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 11:45:23 +0800 (HKT)
> Brendan Horan  wrote:
> >
> > Its all well and good to ask, I don't mind.
> > However systems like this need good , caring owners not a
> > "board/trust " group. I don't mean that in a disrespecting way.
> > They just need a little more attention and up keep.
>
> FYI, it becomes the responsibility of Gentoo Infra not the
> Trustees/Foundation. The board would just facilitate any financial and
> legal/customs. Once the equipment is under Gentoo control. It is handed
> off to infra. Infra maintains the server, controls where it is hosted
> at, etc. They should be able to "take care" of the equipment.
>
> I would not be concerned with Infra caring for the any hardware.
> Physical stuff would be up to the hosting provider. Making sure its not
> on fire, or other.
>
> --
> William L. Thomson Jr.
>

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 11:45:23 +0800 (HKT)
Brendan Horan  wrote:
> 
> Its all well and good to ask, I don't mind.
> However systems like this need good , caring owners not a
> "board/trust " group. I don't mean that in a disrespecting way.
> They just need a little more attention and up keep.

FYI, it becomes the responsibility of Gentoo Infra not the
Trustees/Foundation. The board would just facilitate any financial and
legal/customs. Once the equipment is under Gentoo control. It is handed
off to infra. Infra maintains the server, controls where it is hosted
at, etc. They should be able to "take care" of the equipment.

I would not be concerned with Infra caring for the any hardware.
Physical stuff would be up to the hosting provider. Making sure its not
on fire, or other.

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Brendan Horan]

- On 7 Sep, 2017, at 10:53 PM, William L. Thomson Jr. wlt...@o-sinc.com 
wrote:

> 
> In an ideal sense, equipment like this would go to something like OSU
> OSL or some other hosting provider. Though there is the cost of
> bandwidth, power, and man power to service hardware issues. Not to
> mention rack, provision, etc.
> 
> Donate gear to Gentoo to be used/accessed by any dev, and maybe some
> others. I think Gentoo should have more internal resources available
> for developers to use. Then again I had lots of ideas for Gentoo
> 
> --
> William L. Thomson Jr.


Its all well and good to ask, I don't mind.
However systems like this need good , caring owners not a "board/trust " group.
I don't mean that in a disrespecting way.
They just need a little more attention and up keep.

A quick update :
j6750 has now been claimed by  : foxit

I am going to see if I can ship the j6750 and the power6 together.

Thanks everyone :)

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 07:44:00 -0700
Rich Freeman  wrote:
>
> In general I would just comment that if anything we get too few
> requests for spending money and not too many. 

Not surprising, though I had ideas on lots of spending, events, travel
reimbursement, developer systems, etc.

> I don't think the  Foundation would be able to just go buying PCs for
> every dev on request, but for one-offs like these they might chip in.

More like the Foundation/Gentoo should have some plan and/or budget as
to how to put the funds to use etc. Which gives others reasons to
donate more when they can see where the funds are being used, the
benefit etc.

Example
https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Budget2016.pdf

> One thing that should be considered in these sorts of requests is who
> owns the hardware and where it will be kept and what kind of access
> other devs on the relevant teams would have.  I think there ought to
> be a difference between how we treat hardware that is owned by the
> Foundation and always available to devs, vs something that somebody
> intends to use for Gentoo work right now, but where ownership resides
> with the individual and there is no obligation to give the hardware to
> somebody else if they stop contributing.  To the extent that the costs
> are more nominal the Foundation should probably exercise more leeway.

In an ideal sense, equipment like this would go to something like OSU
OSL or some other hosting provider. Though there is the cost of
bandwidth, power, and man power to service hardware issues. Not to
mention rack, provision, etc.

Donate gear to Gentoo to be used/accessed by any dev, and maybe some
others. I think Gentoo should have more internal resources available
for developers to use. Then again I had lots of ideas for Gentoo

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Rich Freeman]

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 7:32 AM, William L. Thomson Jr.
 wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 10:26:10 -0400
> "William L. Thomson Jr."  wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 18:03:21 +0800 (HKT)
>> Brendan Horan  wrote:
>>
>> > Just an update for everyone :
>> > R0b0t1, has the Power 6+
>> > Johnson, has the Sparc T5120
>> >
>> > Still working out shipping/logistics
>>
>> If someone has access to say a company UPS or FedEx account. They may
>> have discounted rates based on volume.  Maybe something to consider or
>> look into. Also may help with customs to ship to a work/business
>> address and/or coming from one business to another vs individuals.
>>
>
> Another thought
>
> Why not have Gentoo Foundation cover shipping costs?

Can't speak for the Trustees, but the process for this is at:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Foundation:Funding_Request

(I wouldn't overthink it - just spell out what you want/need.  I bet
you could make it shorter than some of the emails in this thread.)

In general I would just comment that if anything we get too few
requests for spending money and not too many.  I don't think the
Foundation would be able to just go buying PCs for every dev on
request, but for one-offs like these they might chip in.

One thing that should be considered in these sorts of requests is who
owns the hardware and where it will be kept and what kind of access
other devs on the relevant teams would have.  I think there ought to
be a difference between how we treat hardware that is owned by the
Foundation and always available to devs, vs something that somebody
intends to use for Gentoo work right now, but where ownership resides
with the individual and there is no obligation to give the hardware to
somebody else if they stop contributing.  To the extent that the costs
are more nominal the Foundation should probably exercise more leeway.

That's all just my opinion though.  If you want the Trustees to
consider it then just fill out the "form" and post it in a bug
assigned to them using the Foundation "product" in bugzilla. It never
hurts to ask...

-- 
Rich

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 10:26:10 -0400
"William L. Thomson Jr."  wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 18:03:21 +0800 (HKT)
> Brendan Horan  wrote:
> 
> > Just an update for everyone :
> > R0b0t1, has the Power 6+
> > Johnson, has the Sparc T5120
> > 
> > Still working out shipping/logistics   
> 
> If someone has access to say a company UPS or FedEx account. They may
> have discounted rates based on volume.  Maybe something to consider or
> look into. Also may help with customs to ship to a work/business
> address and/or coming from one business to another vs individuals.
> 

Another thought

Why not have Gentoo Foundation cover shipping costs?
What else is Gentoo doing with its $100k to help further development?

May want to go talk to Trustees. This seems like a legit use of funds.

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[William L. Thomson Jr.]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 18:03:21 +0800 (HKT)
Brendan Horan  wrote:

> Just an update for everyone :
> R0b0t1, has the Power 6+
> Johnson, has the Sparc T5120
> 
> Still working out shipping/logistics 

If someone has access to say a company UPS or FedEx account. They may
have discounted rates based on volume.  Maybe something to consider or
look into. Also may help with customs to ship to a work/business
address and/or coming from one business to another vs individuals.

-- 
William L. Thomson Jr.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Brendan Horan]

Just an update for everyone :
R0b0t1, has the Power 6+
Johnson, has the Sparc T5120

Still working out shipping/logistics 


No takers on the HPPA or the Ia64
The HPPA box is nice , really! :)

Thanks
brendan

- On 7 Sep, 2017, at 1:39 AM, R0b0t1 r03...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[R0b0t1]

On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, R0b0t1  wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, Brendan Horan  wrote:
>> Hi R0b0t1,
>>
>> Sounds good to me.
>> Shipping a 30kg+ system by it self will not be cheep.
>> This is originally why I had the idea to ship all the systems together.
>>
>
> I thought so. Shipping will still be cheaper than a used unit from
someone else, so thank you.
>

Sorry, still a tad excited and I forgot to finish again.

If you want to ship all the servers at once I might be able to find homes
for them stateside, but it looks like other people are already interested.
Also my budget isn't gigantic and that much weight that far is likely to be
expensive.

>> Specs are :
>>
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/1/872/ENUS8203-_h01/index.html=en_locale=en
>>
>> Sorry its a single 4-core CPU.
>>
>
> That is fine. I did not expect to come into a 40+ core POWER server any
time soon. The cheaper servers are about as rare as the expensive ones.
>
>> Lets talk about shipping options, I am open to suggestions and ideas.
>>
>
> If you do not mind I am moving to a private message to discuss this. In
short, time is not too important so the cheapest of the carriers available
to you would work.
>
> I should be able to buy postage and transmit it to you if you have a box
and scale ready.
>
>> Thanks
>> Brendan (irc : undersys)
>>
>>
>> - On 6 Sep, 2017, at 2:04 PM, R0b0t1 r03...@gmail.com wrote:

 I would very much appreciate it if I could claim the IBM Power server.
 I have been interested in IBM's Power architecture and its supporting
 hardware for quite a while now. There are not many machines sold on
 the secondhand market and I do not have the funds to purchase one in
 that way.
>>>
>>> Sorry for the follow-up. To clarify, I expect to be able to cover the
>>> cost of shipping.
>>>
 The specs are mostly irrelevant as long as it has a Power
 CPU, but they would be nice to know.

 The use for the machine would be to experiment with the novel
 architecture while maintaining it with Gentoo, which would likely
 spill over into providing support for Gentoo on IBM Power.

 I will try to catch you on IRC, but hopefully you receive this message
as well.

 Respectfully,
>>> >  R0b0t1
>>
>>

[gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[R0b0t1]

On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, Brendan Horan  wrote:
> Hi R0b0t1,
>
> Sounds good to me.
> Shipping a 30kg+ system by it self will not be cheep.
> This is originally why I had the idea to ship all the systems together.
>

I thought so. Shipping will still be cheaper than a used unit from someone
else, so thank you.

> Specs are :
>
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/1/872/ENUS8203-_h01/index.html=en_locale=en
>
> Sorry its a single 4-core CPU.
>

That is fine. I did not expect to come into a 40+ core POWER server any
time soon. The cheaper servers are about as rare as the expensive ones.

> Lets talk about shipping options, I am open to suggestions and ideas.
>

If you do not mind I am moving to a private message to discuss this. In
short, time is not too important so the cheapest of the carriers available
to you would work.

I should be able to buy postage and transmit it to you if you have a box
and scale ready.

> Thanks
> Brendan (irc : undersys)
>
>
> - On 6 Sep, 2017, at 2:04 PM, R0b0t1 r03...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>> I would very much appreciate it if I could claim the IBM Power server.
>>> I have been interested in IBM's Power architecture and its supporting
>>> hardware for quite a while now. There are not many machines sold on
>>> the secondhand market and I do not have the funds to purchase one in
>>> that way.
>>
>> Sorry for the follow-up. To clarify, I expect to be able to cover the
>> cost of shipping.
>>
>>> The specs are mostly irrelevant as long as it has a Power
>>> CPU, but they would be nice to know.
>>>
>>> The use for the machine would be to experiment with the novel
>>> architecture while maintaining it with Gentoo, which would likely
>>> spill over into providing support for Gentoo on IBM Power.
>>>
>>> I will try to catch you on IRC, but hopefully you receive this message
as well.
>>>
>>> Respectfully,
>> >  R0b0t1
>
>

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Brendan Horan]

Hi R0b0t1,

Sounds good to me.
Shipping a 30kg+ system by it self will not be cheep.
This is originally why I had the idea to ship all the systems together.

Specs are :
http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_sm/1/872/ENUS8203-_h01/index.html=en_locale=en

Sorry its a single 4-core CPU.

Lets talk about shipping options, I am open to suggestions and ideas.

Thanks
Brendan (irc : undersys)


- On 6 Sep, 2017, at 2:04 PM, R0b0t1 r03...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> I would very much appreciate it if I could claim the IBM Power server.
>> I have been interested in IBM's Power architecture and its supporting
>> hardware for quite a while now. There are not many machines sold on
>> the secondhand market and I do not have the funds to purchase one in
>> that way.
> 
> Sorry for the follow-up. To clarify, I expect to be able to cover the
> cost of shipping.
> 
>> The specs are mostly irrelevant as long as it has a Power
>> CPU, but they would be nice to know.
>>
>> The use for the machine would be to experiment with the novel
>> architecture while maintaining it with Gentoo, which would likely
>> spill over into providing support for Gentoo on IBM Power.
>>
>> I will try to catch you on IRC, but hopefully you receive this message as 
>> well.
>>
>> Respectfully,
> >  R0b0t1

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Brendan Horan]

Hi Lucas,

Its a tough moment that is for sure!

Its a Zx2000, not Zx6000.
Single Itanium2 Deerfield.

Let me know if your still interested.

Thanks
Brendan (irc : undersys)

- On 6 Sep, 2017, at 9:11 AM, Lucas Ramage ramage.luca...@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm sorry that you must part with your machines. But it's awesome to see
> that they will go to a new home!
> 
> I would like to get my hands on an HP Zx6000 like this:

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Brendan Horan]

Hi Johnson,

Thanks for the interest. 
I know there are some issues with shipping second hand computers into China.
I could ask SF here in HK about if they feel it would make it thought customs.

Your thoughts?

Thanks
Brendan (irc : undersys)


- On 6 Sep, 2017, at 8:41 AM, Johnson Steward i...@jsteward.moe wrote:

> Hi Brendan,
> 
> I'm in Beijing and interested in these machines, especially the SPARC.
> Though not a Gentoo Dev, In recently struggling with Gentoo BSD and,
> hopefully, have some experience with Gentoo. It would be great if I can get
> one and test the packages on that system and, hopefully, contribute to the
> not-so-popular architectures.
> 
> Yours,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[R0b0t1]

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:18 PM, R0b0t1  wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Brendan Horan  wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I have some hardware I would like to see go to a good home.
>> I would prefer it to be someone working with Gentoo.
>> That was my goal, but life changes :)
>>
>>
>> I have the following :
>> * HP j6750 (2x cpu PA-RSIC)
>> * HP Zx2000 Itanium2 (single cpu) (custom 4ru unit)
>> * IBM Power 6+ p560 (dual cpu)
>> * Sun SPARC T5120 (single cpu)
>>
>> The systems are all in working order. With decent specs.
>> All have 8gb of memory or more
>> All have at least 2 disks (ranging from 32gb to 300gb)
>> I have some misc spares for all of the above.
>> If you want more details on any of the systems please ask.
>> You can also catch me on IRC @ #gentoo-proxy-maint
>>
>>
>> Ideally I would want to ship it to one location.
>> If you then wanted to ship interstate/country from that point I don't care.
>> I live in Hong Kong, no one hear but scrap metal places what this kit.
>> I don't mind helping pay some of the shipping costs.
>> I do not want payment for the systems, just a good home vs the scrap heap.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Brendan
>>
>
> Hello,
>
> I would very much appreciate it if I could claim the IBM Power server.
> I have been interested in IBM's Power architecture and its supporting
> hardware for quite a while now. There are not many machines sold on
> the secondhand market and I do not have the funds to purchase one in
> that way.

Sorry for the follow-up. To clarify, I expect to be able to cover the
cost of shipping.

> The specs are mostly irrelevant as long as it has a Power
> CPU, but they would be nice to know.
>
> The use for the machine would be to experiment with the novel
> architecture while maintaining it with Gentoo, which would likely
> spill over into providing support for Gentoo on IBM Power.
>
> I will try to catch you on IRC, but hopefully you receive this message as 
> well.
>
> Respectfully,
>  R0b0t1

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[R0b0t1]

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 7:20 PM, Brendan Horan  wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have some hardware I would like to see go to a good home.
> I would prefer it to be someone working with Gentoo.
> That was my goal, but life changes :)
>
>
> I have the following :
> * HP j6750 (2x cpu PA-RSIC)
> * HP Zx2000 Itanium2 (single cpu) (custom 4ru unit)
> * IBM Power 6+ p560 (dual cpu)
> * Sun SPARC T5120 (single cpu)
>
> The systems are all in working order. With decent specs.
> All have 8gb of memory or more
> All have at least 2 disks (ranging from 32gb to 300gb)
> I have some misc spares for all of the above.
> If you want more details on any of the systems please ask.
> You can also catch me on IRC @ #gentoo-proxy-maint
>
>
> Ideally I would want to ship it to one location.
> If you then wanted to ship interstate/country from that point I don't care.
> I live in Hong Kong, no one hear but scrap metal places what this kit.
> I don't mind helping pay some of the shipping costs.
> I do not want payment for the systems, just a good home vs the scrap heap.
>
> Thanks
> Brendan
>

Hello,

I would very much appreciate it if I could claim the IBM Power server.
I have been interested in IBM's Power architecture and its supporting
hardware for quite a while now. There are not many machines sold on
the secondhand market and I do not have the funds to purchase one in
that way. The specs are mostly irrelevant as long as it has a Power
CPU, but they would be nice to know.

The use for the machine would be to experiment with the novel
architecture while maintaining it with Gentoo, which would likely
spill over into providing support for Gentoo on IBM Power.

I will try to catch you on IRC, but hopefully you receive this message as well.

Respectfully,
 R0b0t1

Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Lucas Ramage]

I'm sorry that you must part with your machines. But it's awesome to see
that they will go to a new home!

I would like to get my hands on an HP Zx6000 like this:




On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 8:41 PM, Johnson Steward  wrote:

> Hi Brendan,
>
> I'm in Beijing and interested in these machines, especially the SPARC.
> Though not a Gentoo Dev, In recently struggling with Gentoo BSD and,
> hopefully, have some experience with Gentoo. It would be great if I can get
> one and test the packages on that system and, hopefully, contribute to the
> not-so-popular architectures.
>
> Yours,
>
> 2017/09/06 8:20 "Brendan Horan" :
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have some hardware I would like to see go to a good home.
> I would prefer it to be someone working with Gentoo.
> That was my goal, but life changes :)
>
>
> I have the following :
> * HP j6750 (2x cpu PA-RSIC)
> * HP Zx2000 Itanium2 (single cpu) (custom 4ru unit)
> * IBM Power 6+ p560 (dual cpu)
> * Sun SPARC T5120 (single cpu)
>
> The systems are all in working order. With decent specs.
> All have 8gb of memory or more
> All have at least 2 disks (ranging from 32gb to 300gb)
> I have some misc spares for all of the above.
> If you want more details on any of the systems please ask.
> You can also catch me on IRC @ #gentoo-proxy-maint
>
>
> Ideally I would want to ship it to one location.
> If you then wanted to ship interstate/country from that point I don't care.
> I live in Hong Kong, no one hear but scrap metal places what this kit.
> I don't mind helping pay some of the shipping costs.
> I do not want payment for the systems, just a good home vs the scrap heap.
>
> Thanks
> Brendan
>
>
>


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Johnson Steward]

Hi Brendan,

I'm in Beijing and interested in these machines, especially the SPARC.
Though not a Gentoo Dev, In recently struggling with Gentoo BSD and,
hopefully, have some experience with Gentoo. It would be great if I can get
one and test the packages on that system and, hopefully, contribute to the
not-so-popular architectures.

Yours,

2017/09/06 8:20 "Brendan Horan" :

Hi everyone,

I have some hardware I would like to see go to a good home.
I would prefer it to be someone working with Gentoo.
That was my goal, but life changes :)


I have the following :
* HP j6750 (2x cpu PA-RSIC)
* HP Zx2000 Itanium2 (single cpu) (custom 4ru unit)
* IBM Power 6+ p560 (dual cpu)
* Sun SPARC T5120 (single cpu)

The systems are all in working order. With decent specs.
All have 8gb of memory or more
All have at least 2 disks (ranging from 32gb to 300gb)
I have some misc spares for all of the above.
If you want more details on any of the systems please ask.
You can also catch me on IRC @ #gentoo-proxy-maint


Ideally I would want to ship it to one location.
If you then wanted to ship interstate/country from that point I don't care.
I live in Hong Kong, no one hear but scrap metal places what this kit.
I don't mind helping pay some of the shipping costs.
I do not want payment for the systems, just a good home vs the scrap heap.

Thanks
Brendan

[gentoo-dev] Server hardaware give away (misc archs)

[Brendan Horan]

Hi everyone,

I have some hardware I would like to see go to a good home.
I would prefer it to be someone working with Gentoo.
That was my goal, but life changes :)


I have the following :
* HP j6750 (2x cpu PA-RSIC)
* HP Zx2000 Itanium2 (single cpu) (custom 4ru unit)
* IBM Power 6+ p560 (dual cpu)
* Sun SPARC T5120 (single cpu)

The systems are all in working order. With decent specs.
All have 8gb of memory or more
All have at least 2 disks (ranging from 32gb to 300gb)
I have some misc spares for all of the above.
If you want more details on any of the systems please ask.
You can also catch me on IRC @ #gentoo-proxy-maint


Ideally I would want to ship it to one location.
If you then wanted to ship interstate/country from that point I don't care.
I live in Hong Kong, no one hear but scrap metal places what this kit.
I don't mind helping pay some of the shipping costs.
I do not want payment for the systems, just a good home vs the scrap heap.

Thanks
Brendan