Possible next find?

Hi guys.. Hope you all had a great weekend.. My Craigslist searcher
came up with the following ad and I've got a note in to the seller
asking about specifics for the machine & external drive enclosure..
I'm thinking that this may be a good way to get a cheap drive enclosure
of the UE variety (I think?) that won't cost me $50 to get shipped..
I'm not sure what the machine is, but it might be good for parts,
but is much bigger than I need for what I've got.. Anyway, we'll see
if its still available or not..

-- Rick
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/sys/180211584.html

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Hi guys.. Hope you all had a great weekend.. My Craigslist searcher
came up with the following ad and I've got a note in to the seller
asking about specifics for the machine & external drive enclosure..
I'm thinking that this may be a good way to get a cheap drive enclosure
of the UE variety (I think?) that won't cost me $50 to get shipped..
I'm not sure what the machine is, but it might be good for parts,
but is much bigger than I need for what I've got.. Anyway, we'll see
if its still available or not..

-- Rick
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/sys/180211584.html


That looks like it might be a Proliant 5000 ... more PCI slots that the
other, earlier models of the same look. The extrenal drive thingy is a
proliant Storage F1. Its FWS2, so it tops out at 20MB/s. Not the best
performing kid on the block.

Actually, I dont see anything in that deal that is too compelling. You could
setup a hog of a linux server with it ... but beyond that, not much.

Be prepared to spend some money on parts for that thing ... memory, addt'l
CPU's and VRMS, etc ....

- LC

In article , Nut Cracker wrote:

That looks like it might be a Proliant 5000 ... more PCI slots that the
other, earlier models of the same look. The extrenal drive thingy is a
proliant Storage F1. Its FWS2, so it tops out at 20MB/s. Not the best
performing kid on the block.

Darn.. Too bad (on the F1)).. I'm still waiting for a reply and will let you
know if the owner claims differently.. I'm not really interested in the
Proliant at all other than for use as a possible parts machine and not really
much interest there either.

Actually, I dont see anything in that deal that is too compelling. You could
setup a hog of a linux server with it ... but beyond that, not much.

Thanks for the comments..

-- Rick