[01:33] Hey, I really need some layman's terms help. I tried installing Ubuntu alongside windows and it wound up screwing with my boot sequence. My monitor will not turn on until it defaults booting to Windows. I also can't access my BIOS now [01:50] darn, missed that one [01:50] hope he went to #ubuntu [16:57] Hey guys. The Free-Net got a bunch of decomissioned servers and NAS boxes donated to us which we are trying to sell to raise some money. These are all 19" rackmount. Mostly there are a crapload of Dell 1650 with Seagate Barracuda/Cheetah 36 or 73G drives. The NAS are mostly 3U which hold 16 SATA/SAS or 1U holding 3 SCSI [16:57] I'll probably post this to the mailing list as well. [16:59] There's also a bunch of misc stuff like old Cisco switches, loose SCSI U320 drives, PCI-X mixed-mode fibre cards with SC connectors, etc [20:01] genii-around: I'm interrested in server cases and networking gear. [20:01] I don't think I'm on the mailing list, will the details be posted anywhere else? [20:10] DarwinSurvivor: I can give you a brief rundown here if you like [20:21] alright [20:21] DarwinSurvivor: For networking gear, there is one fibre switch (Compaq StorageWorks SanSwitch 2/16 EL) , 4 x Cisco 2950, 1 x Cisco 3500 XL, 1 x Cisco RPS 300, 1 x Cisco 2950T, 2x Dell PowerConnect 2024 [20:22] We have about 8-10 fibre cards ( multimode SC connectors, PCI-X ) also a crapload of cables. Some of the SAN are fibre as well ( 3x JetStor 516F ) [20:24] is the rps 300 a UPS? [20:26] DarwinSurvivor: Yes, for the 2950 and the 2950T [20:27] ah, ok [20:29] what kind of prices are you looking to sell them for? [20:33] DarwinSurvivor: About 10-15% off of current market value [20:33] We will also take a payment plan. [20:33] ok, cool [20:33] I'll need to look into them and see what my budget is like [20:34] Is the 2950's the 12 or 24 port models? [20:35] DarwinSurvivor: All the 2950 are 24 port [20:35] ( well, the 2950T has the additional 2 Gb ports) [20:36] cool [20:36] yeah, I noticed that [20:36] I think they usually use those 2 for the uplinks, which is handy [20:37] is the 3500 XL the 8-port Gb version? (I can only find docs for the 3508G XL) [20:37] Yes, they were previously used to aggregate 3 groups of 8 100Mb ports up to another switch with both Gb and fibre connectors [20:38] DarwinSurvivor: The 3500 has 48 ports [20:38] 10/100 or gigabit? [20:38] One sec I'll go look [20:38] thanks [20:39] DarwinSurvivor: I can't tell. They have 3 LED per port however. [20:39] that's ok [20:40] thanks for the info [20:40] OK [20:40] I'll do some more research tonight when I get home :) [20:40] oh, are there any empty rack or san boxes? I have an ITX board with harddrives already but all stuffed into an ancient box [20:40] DarwinSurvivor: We have a lot of these JetStor 3U NAS boxes as well [20:41] just the boxes, or mobo's included? [20:42] DarwinSurvivor: they are embedded devices already. Some are full of drives, some are half empty, some are completely empty. [20:42] ok [20:42] They're sata right [20:43] The older ones take like 8 SCSI drives, then there are some which take 16 SCSI or 16 SATA/SAS o [20:44] ok, Might look into the 16xSATA ones, but I'll have to check some things first [20:44] The JetStor 516F take 16 SATA and have fibre out in back. The JetStor 416S takes 16 SCSI, has dual LVD SCSI out on back [20:44] cool [20:45] do they also have ethernet? [20:45] They are all 3U , and 22" deep [20:45] I'm not really set up for fiber at the moment :( [20:45] DarwinSurvivor: No ethernet on those... we have some others though, let me go look at the backs [20:45] k [20:49] DarwinSurvivor: The other units we have are 1U high and take 3 SCSI ( most already have 36 or 73 GB Seagate Cheeta in them ) ... those have 4 ethernet ports on the back [20:49] hmm, darn [20:49] All the 3U which take 16 drives only have either fibre or SCSI at rear [20:49] I was looking for something that took SATA with an ethernet (or even e-sata) on the back :( [20:50] Well, you could get one of the 16 bay with fibre, and then a second 1U with a SCSI card and multiple nic, hook them up that way [20:50] actually, you mentioned fibre cards before. are those pci-e by any chance? [20:51] Sorry, with a fibre card, not a SCSI card.... [20:51] unfortunately my server only has 1 pci-e port on it [20:51] if it's pci-e, i might be able to hook it up that way [20:51] DarwinSurvivor: All the ones I've yanked out so far have been 64 bit PCI-X [20:51] ah [20:52] well, I'll look into the switches at least [20:52] I've seen PCI-E fibre cards for sale before though, they are not that expensive ( like, $50 ) [20:52] hmmm, might be worth looking into then.... [20:52] well, I gotta go, but I'll get back to you tonight [20:53] DarwinSurvivor: Cool. I'll be online here for another hour [20:53] If not tonight then I'll be around tomorrow again all day anyways [20:54] ok, I'm home all day tomorrow, so that should work [20:54] Cool.