[geeks] Dual Xeons - the Saga continues

[Michael-John Turner]

On Thu, Feb 08, 2018 at 08:32:45PM +0000, Mark Benson wrote:
>The Intel IDA CD now works. That's allowed some configuration to be done. 
>I setup the BMC at an IP address via NIC2 but it doesn't seem to want to 
>talk to me. Tried Web, SSH and Telnet.

Hmm. It should be web accessible. Have you tried using an IPMI client?

>I configured the SDR for the right fans and chassis intrusion for the 
>switch on the case (which is plugged in and closed, yes). Still spinning 
>every fan in there at 100%.

That sucks. You may be able to replace the fans with ones that allow for 
manual speed adjustment but that'll be more investment in a system that's 
probably cost you too much already.

>As regards a future machine, I tend to find in the UK Workstations are 
>overpriced for what they are. They aren't in nearly the levels of surplus 
>here as they are in the US and are sought-after enthusiast items.

Indeed. There are still lots of bargains to be had though. A few months ago 
I bought a Fujitsu RX300S8, dual E5-2620s, 64GiB RAM, 6x300GiB 2.5" 10k RPM 
SAS for GBP 280. The machine was still under warranty at the time, which 
was quite a shock.

>I can see plenty of Rx10s on eBay that are in decent condition and noit 
>silly money. I'll consider picking one up sometime.

One option for finding good deals on eBay is LabGopher[1]. Unfortunately 
for us non-US people the non-US versions are not as comprehensive yet.

[1] https://www.labgopher.com/ - see also ca.labgopher.com for Canada and 
uk.labgopher.com for the UK.

Cheers, MJ
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