[CentOS] CentOS on s390; was: CentOS 5 on IA64

[Steven Vishoot]

--- Lamar Owen <lowen at pari.edu> wrote:

> On Friday 14 September 2007, R P Herrold wrote:
> > On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Lamar Owen wrote:
> > > If someone would like to donate a midsized
> 208VAC-capable
> > > (single-phase OK, but has to be 208 and not 240,
> or at least
> > > jumperable) UPS to the effort, about a 3000VA
> unit or so,
> > > that would help matters considerably!
> >
> > As it turns out, I _may_ actually have two idle
> units, which I
> > think can be so configured, with SNMP card, about
> which
> > Liebert kindly donated to the local LUG (
> http://www.colug.net/ ),
> > before Liebert were bought by Emerson Electric (I
> think -- I
> > fergit; /me looks at Google -- yup) ... probably
> need new
> > batteries, but ...
> 
> Yeah, I'd just need to know what kind of batteries. 
> If the things ran on 
> 48VDC I know how to make that work with my telecom
> 48VDC setup, assuming they 
> don't mind the positive ground.  If 60VDC I can take
> the necessary 5 12V 
> 12-270's out of the Controlled Power beast easily
> enough. 
> 
> > hmmmm --- Google Maps says PARI is south and east
> of the
> > Smokey Mt Natl Park, on the NC side by what looks
> like 50
> > miles of winding mountain road off I-40 --
> probably to cut
> > down on ambient nearby radio noise, it is kinda
> out in the
> > middle of nowhere.
> 
> Yes, it is.  See www.pari.edu for better shots than
> what you'll find on Google 
> Earth; the GoogleEarth detail is cut back badly. 
> Terraserver has good 
> visuals, though.
> 
> > Wonder what the freight will be on the chassis' --
> I'll go to
> > the locker, get model numbers, pull the batteries
> for a part
> > number, and look into the price of a delivered
> replacement
> > set.
> 
> Freight on the 120V APC SmartUPS 3000RM5U's that I
> have was a little over $100 
> each, Old Dominion, batteries included.  I got them
> on eBay for $225 each; 
> got a grant that covered new battery packs, and have
> five good working units 
> (out of six purchased).  Wish I had the twin 225KVA
> units the site's previous 
> occupants took with them...or the 600V 1320Ah
> battery bank to bring the 
> 500KVA Piller back up....at least they left the
> three 125KVA Leibert PDU's.
> 
> I'm going to make the attempt to power the 3006 up
> tomorrow (I have 
> maintenance windows on Saturdays); we'll see what
> comes of things then.
> -- 
> Lamar Owen
> Chief Information Officer
> Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
> 1 PARI Drive
> Rosman, NC  28772
> (828)862-5554
> www.pari.edu
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Are they hiring there :)

Steven
 

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