pantscat Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Finally managed to shift these monolithic beasts out of the comms room (they've been stuck in there doing nothing for two years). They're dual Xeon 3.0Ghz with 8GB RAM and 12 x 146GB SAS 10k HDD. Any takers? They're working... we booted them up yesterday to wipe the disks. Pick up in Croydon. Ta, Ant
plexer Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Looks like it might but can't be 100% sure but I'm sure they'll be of use to someone. Thanks. Ben
pantscat Posted July 12, 2012 Author Posted July 12, 2012 Fair enough. If I get a spare mo, I'll stick Hyper-V on there and see what happens!
Mcshammer_dj Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 they look like 32bit processors and don't handle virtualization.
pantscat Posted July 12, 2012 Author Posted July 12, 2012 @Mcshammer_dj - looks like you're right. Still... they'd make a great freenas.
X-13 Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) You had me at "[free]". Let me have a word with the head honcho here. Le EDIT: and... Head honcho says no. Edited July 12, 2012 by X-13
pantscat Posted July 12, 2012 Author Posted July 12, 2012 Crikey... I never thought it would be this difficult to give away some massive bulky old servers...
X-13 Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Crikey... I never thought it would be this difficult to give away some massive bulky old servers... HT said no bacause A) they're old [earliest mention of ML530 G2 I've found is 2004] and B) it's Croyden. Croyden is far. We're moving to CC4 and have to replace our current server, but these seem just as old as the one we can't use anymore.
pantscat Posted July 12, 2012 Author Posted July 12, 2012 It's alright... the comment was meant rather tongue-in-cheek.
Mcshammer_dj Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I have just broken down a load of dl380 and dl360'd all g3's and to be honest we are struggling to get rid of them. Even the G4's are really not worth the hassle of trying to use them
daveyboy Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I'm interested for a project I have... I'll PM you.....
X-13 Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 It's alright... the comment was meant rather tongue-in-cheek. I know. I was just saying WHY our HT said no.
twin--turbo Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 Sadly old servers just seem to be a space hog.. As for free nas, you could build a 1TB free nas with an old laptop + external usb drive and use masses less power. Rob
glennda Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I would imagine they are 80pin Sca Rob If they are I'll have some disks! If there going!
pantscat Posted July 12, 2012 Author Posted July 12, 2012 My bad - they're SCSI. HP P/N: 412751-015...
glennda Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I'll have the disks - is it 2 x 12 or just 12? Don't really want the chassis just the Disks if possible!
glennda Posted July 12, 2012 Posted July 12, 2012 I'd rather get rid of the whole lot. can you put up a picture? I'll take the lot and just recycle the server. EDIT: how many network cards does it have?
pantscat Posted July 16, 2012 Author Posted July 16, 2012 Yep - I'll try and get round to taking a photo later today. I think each box has three nics... (not sure why!)
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