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Re: [LUG] (head in the) Cloud computing

 

Hi alex,

On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 01:35:37PM +0100, alex mclennan wrote:
> > The servers we removed were very usable in and of themselves: dual
> > CPU dual core Xeons, 8G RAM, several 73G SCSI disks each.  We found
> > new uses for many of them, sold a bunch more back to the supplier
> > (HP) in part exchange, some went to staff and other interested
> > parties.  There are still a few that we will have to pay an IT
> > removals firm to take away and dispose of properly, and it still
> > makes financial sense.

> have you still got some of these servers left,alex the noob

Yes, but they are in Central London and we have to spend time
running DBAN over the disks so it's taking time to get rid of them.

Cheers,
Andy

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