[sllug-members]: OT: Free 7017-S7A RS/6000

[Remo Mattei]

sure if I can have one I take it..

Thanks,
Remo

Troy Bowman wrote:
> The company I work for is retiring an older RS/6000 from 1999.  If my
> memory serves me correctly, these are its general specs:
> 
> IBM RS/6000 7017-S7A
> Quad 262 MHz Power3
> 4 GB SDRAM
> 6228 Fiber Channel Card
> SSA Disk Array, couple hundred gigs or so.
> 
> The CIO wanted to just put it in a dumpster, but I figured there might
> be an enthusiast, student, IBM freak, someone who might want it.  It
> runs fine, but you'll have no warranty or support after taking it.
> 
> I'd say the base unit itself (without the ssa array) is worth about $1K.
> At least that's what google tells me.  We recently bought the 6228 FC
> card for it to get it to talk to a netapp, and that card cost way more
> than that.
> 
> A few caveats:
>   It's big.
>   It takes 240V power.
>   You need to come and get it.
> 
> We're willing to give it to anyone who wants it, you just need to come
> get it at ELI's colocation center in Ogden.  You'll need a few people to
> help load it into a truck, as it's heavy and big.
> 
> If I do get any replies, it'll be first-pick-up, first serve -- the
> first guy that can pick it up can have it.  But, you may have to wait a
> bit for me to zero the SSA drives.
> 
> 
> 
> ../troy
> 
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