[chbot] IBM Blade server, and Linux

[jimmy allen]

I set up a IBM x3650 a year ago with Ubuntu server early last year. It was
quite fun getting the drivers to work, which was why I used Ubuntu. What
are you wanting to run on it?


On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Peter Ellens <ellensp at xnet.co.nz> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> There should be another number, sometimes on the rear.
>>
>> 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.?
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Atherton wrote:
>>
>>> The blades are HS12
>>>
>>> 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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