[ale] server troubles (again)

[Erik Mathis]

Hi,

I have a PowerEdge SC1425 you can have for free. ST: BCJ12C1
I might have from 160G SATA2 drives you can have also.

-Erik-



On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Michael H. Warfield <mhw at wittsend.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-12-15 at 10:37 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> There's a guy in Peachtree City that has a bunch of 1U HP servers
>> available for $75 each (this is the guy from whom I aquired my racks a
>> month or so ago).  I can see if he still has any available or get the
>> appropriate people in touch with him, if it would help?
>
> Hold on.  Jim and I have already been in discussions.  We have a machine
> in mind and it's even already been preloaded with CentOS 6.1.  He's
> checking on what it's going to take to get it racked and set up next to
> the old server so we can do a smooth cutover with a minimum of downtime.
> If we use the machine we're discussing, it'll will be a major upgrade
> for our server (on the order of using an elephant gun to kill a mouse).
>
>> I don't have any specs.
>
> We're just keeping everyone apprised of what's going on, and that we're
> aware of the problems that seem to be escalating and we're working on a
> solution.  The offers are much appreciated but, hopefully, won't be
> needed just yet.
>
>> -derek
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
>> Randy Ramsdell <rramsdell at activedg.com> writes:
>>
>> > Overheating does things like this.
>> >
>> > On 12/14/11 22:28, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> >
>> >     The ALE server is failing. It has simply died more times than I care to
>> >     recall and leaves behind a tell-tale trail of
>> >
>> >     nothing
>> >
>> >     silence
>> >
>> >     just a log entry when it is rebooted.
>> >
>> >     Don't get me wrong. The current machine was also a donated one as well as
>> >     the rack space and bandwidth. And I am, as I'm sure all of us are, very,
>> >     very grateful.
>> >
>> >     However, this poor system is needing to be put out to pasture.
>> >
>> >     I am looking at a donated machine as a replacement system on offer now. As
>> >     soon as arrangements can be made to get it racked, and all data duplicated
>> >     over, things will be better.
>> >
>> >     Thanks for the ALE patience on this.
>> >
>> >     Hopefully the server will stay up long enough to get _this_ notice out...
>> >
>> >     :-)
>>
>> --
>>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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