I came across this very interesting thread on a related mailing list
that I thought would be quite relevant to those of us using Dell
hardware. Apparently Dell has started hardware-blocking hard-drives
that are not "Dell certified".
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2010-February
> -Original Message-
> From: beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org [mailto:beowulf-boun...@beowulf.org] On
> Behalf Of Gerald Creager
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:53 PM
> To: David Mathog
> Cc: beowulf@beowulf.org
> Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Thinking about going used
>
> I've been getting De
I've been getting Dell 1425's for <$100 and adding $150 worth of memory
to make 'em a usable small server. I think they're OK for low-end
compute nodes, but watching the list there are other machines more suitable.
gerry
David Mathog wrote:
There are a lot of rack mount servers showing up on
There are a lot of rack mount servers showing up on ebay and elsewhere
after they come out of service at data centers after a few years. These
might not cut it for the cutting edge folks, but would be fine for us to
replace our existing (ancient) cluster.
Any suggestions for models to look at for
