Xfce Buildbot Server - Call for Donations

[samuel]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 7:17 PM, David Mohr <squisher at xfce.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:09 PM, samuel <samuel.verstraete at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> It'd be interesting to know if that still applies to the ECC DDR2-533
> ones needed for the HP.
>
>>>> 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
>
> I'll ask my old co-worker to check how much he'd have to pay for them.
> He can buy them directly from the distributor. I don't know how that
> will compare to the ebay prices.
>
> If the machine has 2GB right now, then according to the hp page, it'll
> have 2x1GB. So should the target be to get as many 1GB sticks into the
> machine as possible? Or switch to 2GB ones for future expandability?

I think that 1GB sticks is all we can afford. Cheapest I can find is
2*1GB for 40 euro...
Sure if we can find 4 sticks of 2GB that would be neat... but even
2*1GB would bring us somewhere or 6*1GB... whatever



>
> ~David
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