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We got 4 from that last batch that Intel ran. Our cloud migration project is way behind schedule and we needed the insurance. Support for the VMS version we’r
by Kon-Peki 3y ago
We got 4 from that last batch that Intel ran. Our cloud migration project is way behind schedule and we needed the insurance. Support for the VMS version we’re running on them goes until 2028 I think.
We’re decommissioning a couple of first-gen Itanium servers in the next few months. I think that the assumption is that we’d have to pay for disposal, so if someone wants them for Linux kernel support and can pick them up in Chicago, reply from an account with contact info and I’d send an email if it’s possible to give them away for free (I can ask).
- jacquesm 3y agoGreat attitude! You may have to destroy the harddrives for legal reasons. Or secure erase them but then you may as well pull them (still, that would save someone another parts hunt). If you go this route check out to see if there are still any old installation media and hardcopy docs that can go with them, that might be worth almost as much as the machines to the recipient.
- Kon-Peki 3y agoNotice that nobody replied ;) Anyway, VMS servers don’t generally have hard drives, they are designed to be run in a cluster, with each server using fiber channel to connect to a SAN. Also, I found that the ones we’re getting rid of aren’t first-gen - they’re 9300 series (3rd or 4th gen)
- jacquesm 3y agoYes, it's an expensive paperweight by the time you have it. But we can sex it it up a bit: probably the people who would love to have this system to run Linux on haven't figured out yet that there is GOLD on those circuit boards. Lots of it!! Free gold, just imagine... That should do it ;)