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tasaro
Joined: 15 Apr 2003
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Location: Manahawkin, NJ
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: For Sale: Retired Linode Host Servers |
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As you know, we've replaced all of our hosts over the last few months. We're in talks with a "technology asset recovery" firm about acquiring them, but thought we'd offer them to customers first.
All hard drives have been removed, rails and power cord are included.
Here is the build list. If you are interested, please email service@linode.com. Shipping costs would be added to the prices below (For reference, $50 gets one of our hosts grounded from NJ to Fremont, so coast to coast). The boxes weigh about 40 lbs and are 34x24x9.
(quantities updated 11/09/07):
Build 1: Supermicro 6013P-i, Dual Xeon 2.40 GHz, 3GB RAM -- Price: $200.00, Remaining: 0
Build 2: Supermicro 6013P-i, Dual Xeon 2.66 GHz, 4GB RAM -- Price: $250.00, Remaining: 0
Build 3: Supermicro 6013P-i, Dual Xeon 2.80 GHz, 4GB RAM -- Price: $275.00, Remaining: 0
Build 4: Supermicro 6014H-i, Dual Xeon 2.80 GHz, 4GB RAM -- Price: $325.00, Remaining: 0
Build 5: Supermicro 6014H-i, Dual Xeon 3.00 GHz, 6GB RAM -- Price: $375.00, Remaining: 0
Build 6: Supermicro 6014H-t, Dual Xeon 3.20 GHz, 6GB RAM -- Price: $625.00, Remaining: 0
Build 7: Supermicro 6014H-t, Dual Xeon 3.20 GHz, 8GB RAM -- Price: $700.00, Remaining: 0
-Tom |
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Internat
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| anyone else in australia and want to buy them, want to do some combined shipping kinda thing? |
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Aximon
Joined: 31 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| Anyone in Holland to share shipping? |
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sweh
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| Are any of these systems VT enabled? |
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tasaro
Joined: 15 Apr 2003
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Location: Manahawkin, NJ
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:17 am Post subject: |
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sweh wrote: Are any of these systems VT enabled?
No -- all the hosts currently deployed are, but none of these. |
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hwilliams
Joined: 25 May 2004
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Location: Newnan, Georgia
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This question is purely academic, but why are all drives removed? Is it to insure it can never be said the drives were not properly erased, still containing valid data? I suppose this type of assertion would be hard to refute, after the fact. Just curious...
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Hal Williams |
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mikegrb
Joined: 16 Oct 2003
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Location: Dr Wierd's Lab, South Jersey Shore
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| Along those lines, yes. The drives are all removed and won't be sold to ensure the security of data placed on them by our customers. |
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rjp
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| Another issue to consider: Would you really want to start up a production server using already-heavily-used drives? |
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schmichael
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
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Location: Peoria, IL
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:35 am Post subject: |
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At those prices I'm actually looking at getting a server for a desktop replacement!
My only concern is the noise. I can deal with the usual soft hum of a big CPU fan, but I've heard some rack servers that sound like a jet engine.
So 2 questions:
1. Anyone know if these servers are quiet enough to comfortably use as a desktop-replacement?
2. Is this a stupid idea and I should just go pick up commodity desktop hardware from tigerdirect/egghead/etc.? |
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petercrocker
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
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Location: Washington, DC
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:01 am Post subject: Too loud |
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schmichael wrote:
1. Anyone know if these servers are quiet enough to comfortably use as a desktop-replacement?
2. Is this a stupid idea and I should just go pick up commodity desktop hardware from tigerdirect/egghead/etc.?
1) My company uses pretty much the same supermicro boxes as an "appliance". They're loud. I've got one in a closet / data center rack in another bedroom, and it is too loud even in the other room. They're really good at keeping themselves cool though.
2) They only have 8MB of video memory. So not good for anything graphics related.
Not worth it for a desktop PC if you ask me... |
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schmichael
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
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Location: Peoria, IL
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Too loud |
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petercrocker wrote: 1) My company uses pretty much the same supermicro boxes as an "appliance". They're loud. I've got one in a closet / data center rack in another bedroom, and it is too loud even in the other room. They're really good at keeping themselves cool though.
2) They only have 8MB of video memory. So not good for anything graphics related.
Not worth it for a desktop PC if you ask me...
Thanks Peter! Hopefully a client of mine will move fast enough I can still pick one up for them. |
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tasaro
Joined: 15 Apr 2003
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Location: Manahawkin, NJ
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:21 am Post subject: |
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schmichael wrote: My only concern is the noise. I can deal with the usual soft hum of a big CPU fan, but I've heard some rack servers that sound like a jet engine.
These are of the jet engine variety. . . I can hear them screaming away through walls. |
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petercrocker
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
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Location: Washington, DC
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:27 am Post subject: Response to boxes for sale? |
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tasaro wrote:
These are of the jet engine variety. . . I can hear them screaming away through walls.
Hi tasaro, I emailed service@linode.com a few days ago about getting one of the boxes. Have you guys just not had a chance to respond to the emails yet? |
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OverlordQ
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:54 am Post subject: |
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| Half tempted to pick one of these up. Just built a new Frat house and am needing to setup some sort of network on the cheap. |
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petercrocker
Joined: 16 Oct 2007
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Location: Washington, DC
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:02 am Post subject: Re: Response to boxes for sale? |
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petercrocker wrote: Hi tasaro, I emailed service@linode.com a few days ago about getting one of the boxes. Have you guys just not had a chance to respond to the emails yet?
To be fair, they got back to me instantly. Just a minor mixup. |
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