[Chicago] free computers

[Massimo Di Pierro]

No kidding. Apparently they sell gas based turbines to pump heat out of large computer clusters and use it to heat water. Some universities sell back the hot water to the university and nearby buildings for a profit. The gas to run the turbines is relatively cheap compared to the electricity for regular cooling.

On Aug 30, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Carl Karsten wrote:

> right
> 
> and later the heat will help dry out the basement.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Massimo Di Pierro
> <mdipierro at cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>> Is that how you plan to provide cooling?
>> 
>> On Aug 30, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Carl Karsten wrote:
>> 
>>> my basement floods pretty often :)
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Massimo Di Pierro
>>> <mdipierro at cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>>>> The reason nobody wants this is that power consumption is high and you need
>>>> some powerful cooling. You cannot keep a rack in a regular office or
>>>> apartment. You need an equipped server room.
>>>> Massimo
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 30, 2011, at 2:26 PM, Alex Gaynor wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> This sounds like  pretty good opportunity to setup some buildslaves for
>>>> someone's favorite projects' buildbots.  Were I in the city (and knew where
>>>> the hell I'd stick it) I'd happily take one :(
>>>> Alex
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro at cs.depaul.edu>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have some friends who are giving away 8 racks of 32 U1 modules in the
>>>>> Chicago area.
>>>>> They were purchased in 2005 and as far as I know are fully working.
>>>>> Each module has:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 1U form factor
>>>>> 3.2 GHz hyperthreaded dual Xeons
>>>>> 2GB memory
>>>>> two 10/100/1000 ethernet ports
>>>>> two small, 20-80 GBytes, disks.
>>>>> 1.7 A current draw
>>>>> Mounted 32 per rack with sliders.  Racks are 36" deep.
>>>>> Power from Cyclades PM10 PDUs
>>>>> 
>>>>> If anybody wants a rack and can arrange for transport, please contact
>>>>> --- redacted ---;
>>>>> They are not giving away pieces, the basic unit is the rack.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Massimo
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