From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 10 04:27:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29EE316A49A for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:27:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ws@au.dyndns.ws) Received: from ipmail05.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail05.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF2AC13C468 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:27:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ws@au.dyndns.ws) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAB4MrkeWZWdv/2dsb2JhbAAIkgGWCQ X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,328,1199626200"; d="scan'208";a="51461928" Received: from ppp103-111.static.internode.on.net (HELO [192.168.1.131]) ([150.101.103.111]) by ipmail05.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 10 Feb 2008 14:57:16 +1030 From: Wayne Sierke To: hackers In-Reply-To: <1202308467.5350.220.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> References: <1202308467.5350.220.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:57:13 +1030 Message-Id: <1202617634.1464.23.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Any interest in unused hardware being made available for remote developer use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:27:18 -0000 Following up with some corrections/additional info: On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 01:04 +1030, Wayne Sierke wrote: > I have a Compaq ML370 Proliant server here which is likely to remain > unused for the foreseeable future. Some of its key specs are: > > - Dual 800MHz PIII/133MHz/256MB CPU Of course, that should be 256KB, not 256MB! > - 1.25GB ECC Memory > - 2 x 9G 10k SCSI-UW2 > - 1 x 18G 10k SCSI-UW2 > - 2 x Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Ethernet > > I've been contemplating the idea of offering it for remote access, to > those with a legitimate use for it in a FreeBSD-related development > endeavour. > > There are numerous aspects about this that warrant careful consideration > and for which I'll be seeking comment if it comes to it, however the > first question is: Is there any interest, or likely to be? > Since all the interest expressed so far has been in having the system available ostensibly as a server, I should point out that current circumstances don't lend themselves to this type of use, for now. My intention is to make it available as a test/development system and allow it to be used essentially unrestricted (in the development sense).