[CentOS] CentOS 5 for AlphaServers?

Thu May 3 14:52:42 UTC 2007
Lance Davis <lance at uklinux.net>

On Thu, 3 May 2007, Oliver Falk wrote:

> On 05/03/2007 04:31 PM, Abba Communications wrote:
>>> It is possible ... but we need a GOOD hardware donation for alpha.
>>> 
>>> We have a rack in a good datacenter, and adding a good alpha machine
>>> there would certainly help.
>>> 
>>> Anybody got a good one for the team :P
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Johnny Hughes
>> 
>> Johnny,
>> 
>> If we may know,
>> 
>> What city is the datacenter in (for shipping purposes)?

Chicago, IL

>> What is considered "good" alphaserver?

well .. we need on that has > 50gb drive ... > 1gb ram , etc.

>> What is considered "best" alphaserver?

a recent model that you want CentOS to install on :)

>> Be specific on model numbers, processor(s), and RAM please.
>
> Buy some ES40 or ES45. DS20e is also fine. It should be EV67 or EV68 class. 
> Everything >= 667 MHz is fine. The more processors the better. The more RAM 
> the better. At least 1 GB.

Right.

Regards
Lance

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