He offered me one!
I'm thinking I'll use it for distributed compiling of software in my house and on my network,
for multiple Linux machines and a couple of FreeBSD boxes. (keeping it powered off 90% of the time)
Here are the specs...
- Dell R805
AMD Opteron TM Processors: 2 Dual-Core AMD OpteronTM Processors 2200 series
Chipset: NVIDIA MCP55Pro + IO-55
Memory: 32 GB RAM
Error Checking and Correction (ECC) and Single Device Data Correction (SDDC)
Storage: 2 x 64 GB SSD Intel RAID 1 (internal) network attached storage in the future
RAID Controllers: PERC 6/i with 256MB of battery-backed cache
Optical: DVD-ROM
Graphics: Embedded ATI ES1000 video controller
Communications: Four embedded Broadcom® NetXtreme IITM 5708 Gigabit3 Ethernet NIC with fail-over and load balancing
TOE (TCP/IP Offload Engine) supported on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, SP1 or higher with Scalable Networking Pack
Management: Standard Baseboard Management Controller with IPMI 2.0 support
(for remote management)
Chassis: 2U Rack-mountable chassis
28.1" (71.3cm) D x 17.5" (44.4cm) W x 3.4" (8.6cm) H
Rack Weight 44.6 lbs (20.3 Kg), maximum configuration
Ports: Rear: 2 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x video connector, 1 x serial connector, 1 x PS/2 mouse connector, 1 x PS/2 keyboard connector
Front: 2 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x video connector
Power:Standard Redundant 700 Watt hot-plug power supplies
Auto-switching universal 110/220 Volts