[Chicago] free computers

[Kumar McMillan]

So... you'd basically need a fork lift to pick up one of these racks?
Well, post back to the list if they consider giving away pieces
instead ;) CHIRP Radio could probably use a couple for our server
closet and/or re-purpose some drives but I have no idea how we'd
transport an entire rack of 32.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:22 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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