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Thursday, 15 November 2007, 10:59:19 am
Network travel kit
16GB Flash drive

Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 1:29:32 pm
ReadyNAS box to play with.

Wednesday, 11 July 2007, 1:29:09 pm
Samsung 305T for Frew
Replacements for dab/bub16
spare DVDrom drives
Spare IDE drives for system installs
Spare SATA controller cards compatible w/ linux
Wireless N network routers (2, one for snow and one for couloir)
MacBook (pro?) to relace desktop.

http://www.rackmountpro.com/

Two systems, CentOS installed by user, each spec'd like this:
- Tyan, dual GIG-NIC, 4 GB memory, onboard SATA, both PCI-E and PCI-X133 slots (Toledo i3010W (S5197)) w/ INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6600 2.4GHZ
- 12 Bay Chenbro Cases w/ rails and redundant power, preferably w/ hot-swap OS drive slots but not critical.
- 18 x SEAGATE 750GB ST3750640AS SATA300 16MB 7200RPM $359
  - 4 drives for RAID01 OS drives and 2 cold spares.
- 3Ware RAID Cards
  - Primary: 9650SE-12ML (PCI-E Multi-Lane)
  - OS RAID CARD: (9550SX-12) (Discrete, not Multi-Lane, installed but final config by user)
- VIEWSONIC 20" VP2030B 1600X1200 TFT LCD (BLACK) $417
- Keyboard and mouse

Laptops:

IBM:
- Review of the Thinkpad T60 w/ 2GB RAM for $2799
MacBook Pro w/ 2GB Ram & 3yr service for $2708

200605:

dab15 became "flake" a W2003Server
- Working on a 2TB array from current IDE drives.
  - Current one has been flakey, try bub14's, think about new SATA...
bub15 will become an R&D 2003 cluster/load balancing w/ current IDE drives as well.
dab14 $2750 will become dedicated 4TB user69/sysadm/software/misc server.
- 3Ware 12 port RAID card
- 14 WD drives @ $177 each
bub14 $$5500 will become a new 8TB bub w/:
- 2 3Ware 12 port RAID cards
- 26 WD drives at $177 each:
dab13 $1062: gets 6 additional drives for ed13a (currently ed15)
bub13 $1062: gets 6 additional drives for bub13a
sandbox $5000: new system built using one of the old 4U cases (EIMR it)
- supermicro MB:~$500
- Dual AMD CPU's: ~$500
- 2+ GB RAM:~$200
- RAID Controller: ~$600
- 6-12 WD 400GB hard drives @ $177 each
  - 12: $2124
  - 6: $1062
- 2 OS drives:~$200
- Redundant power supply~$300 N+1 $420
- fans:~$50
- Display
- Keyboard/mouse
WorkStation $2000
- KVM Switch
Frew wants:
- 24" Samsung: $1500
- 17" MacBook Pro $3500
- KVM Switch

Current EIL/Snow needs:

Upgrade a BUB to SATA and use old drives as replacements on current servers.
Buff out OM as a MS-SQL ArcSDE server:
- $1500 or less software RAID option:
  - SIIG 4 channel SATA Card$50
  - 3ware 4bay SATA enclosure$180
  - 4 WD 4000KD 400GB drives$215 each
  - Crucialmemory, around $200.
- $2000 or less Hardware RAID option
  - 4-8 port Areca RAID card: $405-540
  - 3ware 4bay SATA enclosure$180
  - 4 WD 4000YR 400GB drives$215 each
  - Crucialmemory, around $200.
- Or go bonkers and put it in a killer Chenbro case... while this can be done w/out overhead.
User BUB set: $8-10K (Dual opteron, 1-2GB RAM, N+1 power, Areca 8port RAID card, Chenbro 2U 8bay, 3-8 WD YR4000 drives)
$8-1000: New Loady system for historical MODIS download management.
Couple leap-frog/spare shuttle systems.
$850: Windowsdesktopfor EIL
- high-end graphics card (for ArcGIS)
- DVD-R

Misc:

Ibook
More memory for Madison, Banshee, Jib, and most all systems.
400GB SATA drives for local crunching (data disks)
Dell LCD's 2-3 of them
Printer for snow lab?
scanner/copier for snow lab?
Logitech track ball mice.
Video card for banshee
TeraPrick
- SATA card(s)
DVDRW drives
Big fans for redoing bricks
Some of the little tornado unit fans like in the new bricks.
?some IDE drives for mirrored os's on new bricks? or just use 40GB WD's.
DVD & CD media

Current Biogeog:

$750 for a 20" LCD fromDell—21" for $819Samsung-All in one office station (scanning, copy, document feed...) HP seems to have the best selection/price/options in this market.

$399HP7310—$385 atAmazon—$380 atMwave-Thumb drives for staff? ThisArs reviewis worth looking at & I recommend getting at least the 1GB size so that an entire CD will fit on the unit.

Laptop for FD

General yearly operating needs, useful for budget proposals etc...:

$200-400/year APC Batteries:
- Replace 3-4 APC SM2200RM3U battery units every 2 years, $180 each.
$600/generic server>GenericServer ($544.75 on 2005-02-08)

Slightly less than $2000/TB data storage w/ backups. Amount needed fluctuates.
- A fully loaded disk-brick set providing 8 TB currently (20051010) runs $23,000.

Future needs

$5000-26,500: New Snow Terraserver DB & backup...
Snow lab printer/fax/scanner.
Microscope digital camera and lens attachments.

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