Xfce Buildbot Server - Call for Donations

[samuel]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 3:20 PM, samuel <samuel.verstraete at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Greg Folkert <greg at gregfolkert.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 13:21 +0100, Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
>>> Hey guys,
>>>
>> [snip]
>>> Samuel has calculated that 87 EUR are needed for UPS shipment. The
>>> server currently has 2 GB of RAM which is not much considering that
>>> we're planning to run several virtual machines on it. So if we could
>>> gather 40 EUR for an another 4 GB of RAM that would be great! In
>>> addition its worth thinking about adding another CPU. The machine has
>>> two sockets of which only one is being used right now. That would add
>>> another 40 EUR.
>> [snip]
>>
>> So I've followed the blog post and tried to get the EXACT IBM model
>> number of the server. I am trying to figure out if I have unused memory.
>> And if I do, what it is and if it'll help out.
>>
>> I'd like to stuff it full if I can. Memory is a good thing to have on
>> any build server.
>
> I don't know where you heard it was an IBM machine...
> It's an HP DL145 G3. It takes standard ddr2 dimms. Machine has 8 slots
> and can use a maximum of 32GB of ram.

bah ... hate it when i'm wrong but this info is obviously wrong...
the machine needs reg ecc ram... a tad more expensive but i suppose
i'll find some on ebay

>
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