My first AMD!

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My first AMD!

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So my friend's business is retiring some hardware. He has 10 rack-mount servers.
He offered me one! :w00t:

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
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Re: My first AMD!

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I wish I had friends like that o:)
See you in the Haloverse, but hey, don't run, you'll just die tired!!

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Re: My first AMD!

Post by =DG=£ñzó »

thats amd's flagship cpu i want lol
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