<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Hiya</span></div><div><span>I'm new to the group and first post, but thought I'd mention I have a server sat here which I use occasionally.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Down side is that it's a bit of a lump - it's a DL585 - upgraded so it's a G5 - 4xOpteron 8356 (16 cores), 24GB ram, 1TB disk(2x500GB). I have 3 more hot swap caddies so more drives can be added if you have spare 2.5" drives. Raid card with 256MB BBWC. Other down side is that it's a bit noisy.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span>It's currently set up as a Ubuntu 10.04 - UEC Node Controller, but can easily be rebuilt.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Let me know if you'd be interested.</span></div><div><span>Nigel</span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px;
padding-left: 5px;"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Chris Ellis <chris.ellis.intrbiz@googlemail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 22:27<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Wolves] Server hire<br></font><br>On 3 August 2011 11:20, Adam Sweet <<a ymailto="mailto:adam@adamsweet.org" href="mailto:adam@adamsweet.org">adam@adamsweet.org</a>> wrote:<br>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>> Hash: SHA1<br>><br>> Hi guys and girls<br>><br>> I have a need for one or two x86_64 machines for a couple of days at
the<br>> end of September. Specs something like:<br>><br>> * Multi-core 64 bit x86 CPU<br>> * Do hardware assisted virtualisation (e.g. have vmx or svm CPU flags)<br>> * Preferably support Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU<br>> * Have a couple of GB of RAM<br>> * Reasonable amount of disk space<br>> * Tower chassis<br>><br>> Does anybody have any I could borrow, or recommend somewhere I could<br>> hire some?<br>><br>> Regards,<br>><br>> Adam Sweet<br>><br>> - --<br><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>