[HCoop-Discuss] Hardware donations

[docelic]

On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 03:01:03PM -0400, Richard Darst wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My research group may upgrade its systems soon, and thus have excess
> hardware.  I mentioned HCoop to the cluster person, and he expressed
> interest in the possibility of donating some excess stuff to HCoop.
> 
> These aren't new systems, but are better than mire.  There could be
> multiple boxes available.  For some of the old ones, we might need
> a new part (power supplies) or upgrades (memory).
> 
> Specs:
> 
> DUAL processor (or maybe dual core)
> model name      : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 244
> stepping        : 10
> cpu MHz         : 1791.476
> cache size      : 1024 KB
> bogomips        : 3578.26
> 
> Memory is 1GB right now so would certainly need an upgrade.
> 
> This seems on the order of mire's specs, except *two* processors.
> These were originally bought around 2004, and some of the batch *are*
> having hardware problems, but for the most part it is power supply
> related which we could solve via newegg.
> 
> Perhaps one or two units could be available this week (depending on
> our schedule), or before the move to a new colo to hold us over during
> the transition phase.

I think we should aim for new hardware; all we have currently
is old and generation or two behind hardware that can be had
for "commodity prices" today.

Cya,
-doc