[chbot] IBM Blade server, and Linux

[Peter Ellens]

Best to use Centos...  Same thing as RedHat, without the cost and some 
of the bloat

On 08/01/14 17:49, Mark Beckett wrote:
> Seems Red Hat will go on.
> http://www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5086939 
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> There should be another number, sometimes on the rear.
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> Good luck, it will be noisy when it ramps up.
> Is there a reason you want this one to go, or are you just doing your 
> bit for the environment.?
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> Mark
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> Mark Atherton wrote:
>> The blades are HS12
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>> At 03:27 p.m. 8/01/2014, Mark Beckett wrote:
>>> Got a model number
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>> Mark Atherton wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I have been looking at a rather large and very noisy, and very very 
>>>> power hungry blade server made by IBM around 2005.
>>>>
>>>> 24 x (1G RAM, 74G HD, 3G Xeon processor -- HS12), with 4 PSUs, each 
>>>> capable of 2kW
>>>>
>>>> As well as console and quad NIC, there are several other 
>>>> interesting plug in cards on the frame.
>>>>
>>>> I am probably being wildly optimistic that it might be possible to 
>>>> run and open source Linux x 24 on this beast without having to take 
>>>> a small percentage of a lifetime to learn the pre-requisites.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any experience with such a setup before it goes to 
>>>> meet it's maker ?
>>>>
>>>> -Mark
>>>>
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