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Post by ravanwin » Thu May 22, 2008 3:32 pm

the sata pci card is still not in stock. maybe we should choose another?

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Post by swithun » Thu May 22, 2008 3:39 pm

The computer that was picked as the server is pretty crap. It doesn't look like it has room for more than one disk. I'll ask on Freecycle for one which can already take SATA disks. It won't be any worse than the proposed box.

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Post by Martin » Sun May 25, 2008 12:12 am

I've bought a SATA card for a tenner so we can just get on with things as planned. If we score a better machine off freecycle then fine, but it seems a dumb thing to be waiting on.

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Post by swithun » Sun May 25, 2008 9:14 am

Freecycle didn't produce anything. I was probably being too fussy, asking for a modern machine. But if we have a SATA card now, we could use my old computer. It is above the volunteer cupboard, with PERVCAM written on it. It is a PIII667 with 512MB RAM, which should be fine.

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Post by Martin » Sun May 25, 2008 7:08 pm

Any particular reason to use that rather than the old Infoseed dual-P3 server?

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Post by swithun » Sun May 25, 2008 11:17 pm

The only reason would be that it can take more than 1 disk. You could use the memory from pervcam if you want, if 1 disk is enough, or if you can see how to get another one in the dual PIII.

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Post by Martin » Mon May 26, 2008 1:32 pm

The SATA card is now in the top of the blue cabinet in the action room.

Go go go.

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Post by swithun » Sat May 31, 2008 10:22 pm

Gar. The SATA disks need some kind of SATA power too. Plus we will need a few screws and another red SATA lead.

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Post by Martin » Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:45 am

Feck, forgot the power connectors.

I have SATA data leads and all the screws you can eat. The power connectors should be obtainable from a computer shop in town for a couple of quid, or at Maplin.

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Post by ChaoticReality » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:15 pm

Server stuff, lets do it.

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