Re: [LUG] Old Server and Disks - free to a good home

["Edwin Rhodes" <edwin_rhodes@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

sounds good, so all working, with hdds working. where/when would be great to 
pickup?ed.
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From: "Gordon Henderson" <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 6:43 PM
To: "Devon/Cornwall GNU LUG" <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [LUG] Old Server and Disks - free to a good home

> Or even a bad one!
>
> I have a rather old server box - it's 6-U and made from heavy gauge steel. 
> It's a sort of double decker affair with room for 4 drives at the bottom 
> and more on top. There are 2 x 4GB IDE drives in it. There are also 4 x 
> 18GB half height 3.5" SCSI drives. Theres don't have proper mountings.
>
> The (Asus) motherboard is an Intel Xeon, dual processor 500MHz. I think 
> there is 512MB of RAM on-board. It's also dual PSU.
>
> This is the case:
>
>   http://www.acme-technology.co.uk/acm826.htm
>
> Additionally, I have an external SCSI array - 8 x 18GB drives arranged as 
> 2 chains of 4 drives each. (They're half height 3'5" jobbies). It's all in 
> a 4-U case with dual PSUs. Heavy steel again and the drives are vertically 
> mounted in swappable caddys.
>
> It was another Acme unit, but I don't think they do them anymore.
>
> I can install Debian on it & demonstrate it running if anyone cares...
>
> It's a good room heater, but a bit noisy...
>
> Gordon
>
> Ps. Yes, Acme - don't laugh... Well, do laugh, but they've been 
> importing/making PC/Server cases since I first started to use them - in 
> the mid 90's! Very solid kit and you can still buy the replacement PSUs 
> for them.
>
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