Xfce Buildbot Server - Call for Donations

[David Mohr]

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:46 PM, samuel <samuel.verstraete at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

OK, alternate.de already sells them for 14 Euro for a 1GB stick, so I
hope my friend can get a bit better price than that (it might not be
much though). I sent him an email, but it's likely that he can't get
the price before Monday.

~David

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