Free Proliant

MeltMan · 06-02-2002, 10:23 PM

muahahahaha

I just got me a free compaq proliant 1500 server with 4 4.3gig scuzzies in a raid array. Its only a dual p133 tho... maybe ill upgrade the ol socket5's to 166's or something... anyone have 2 old 166 non mmx chips layin around?

I might just pull one of the hotswap drives out to see what it does...

Or watercool the case, its a 5u rackmount badass

xerka · 06-03-2002, 12:58 AM

free why free? I want one, even though i dont need one

Joe · 06-03-2002, 01:25 AM

hehe thats cool, my dad recently got a free proliant also, its in my apartment right now, but its his... nice Dual P2 450 with 6 18.2GB 10kRPM HD's and I think a gb of ram.

ksw · 06-03-2002, 09:28 AM

muahahahaa. ive got a Compaq pro Liant 4500, 8 pMMX 166mhz, 4 9.1gb scsi UW... Raw Powah! only one thing i do regret. why the heck did i foramt it. i lost the drivers for that compaq scsi cd-rom, but anyway. got another drive with NT4.0 server on it that i puit in. works great! one thing i hate about it, is, that it sounds like 4 DELTA EHE 60mm, yes, the 54CFM fans, in 60mm form factor..or something like hthat... hate it. its never turned on. but i like that case. might be a watercooling project some day...

MeltMan · 06-03-2002, 05:22 PM

Yeah, I named mine "tornado" just because it sounds like one. I was hoping the darn thing would be more upgradable (like just plugging in a new CPU card or something). Maybe the proliant line has the same motherboard formfactor and a really new mobo/cpu card will fit into the same case. The mobo's and cpu cards go pretty cheap on ebay.

heh, mines got 128 meg of ram and a 2meg onboard video adapter. Plus a bunch of EISA busses? I'm so glad i have a ton of those cards layin around

oh wait.. i dont.

Maybe its fast enough to brodcast streaming mp3's or somehting

ksw · 06-03-2002, 05:33 PM

yeah it is. only one problem, try getting a NIC thats working for EISA...... a big problem, mine does have a external scsi NIC, but thats a addon.

joeyd · 06-03-2002, 09:54 PM

i'll have to check but i might have a p200 floating around

jag_e_fattig · 06-04-2002, 01:46 AM

bah, this thread just reminded me how close i was to scoring a quad pII xeon, 100gb scsi, 600w redundant hp file server for about $100. but the guy who owned it was a greedy bastard..

Pyrotechnic · 06-06-2002, 02:39 AM

i *think* i have a few p166's laying around, i'll have to look through the 30 some pentium chips i have laying around.

Brad · 06-06-2002, 03:18 AM

old stuff is fun, particularly when it is all proprietory, and half of it doesn't work

I'd be tempted to steal the psu/case and raid array out of it and throw the rest away

MeltMan · 06-06-2002, 11:35 AM

Pyro, it would ROCK if you had 2 p166's around. I dont yet know what to do with this machine, it has pci slots so maybe an mp3 broadcast machine would be in order. I wish it had some 3d power, then i could use it as a counterstrike server. Can you run a cs server w/o any real 3d performance, like in a "server only" mode?

Anyways, i dont want to chop it up because technically it isnt "mine" its still my relatives. Its PSU isnt an ATX so thats kinda out too.

jag_e_fattig · 06-06-2002, 12:30 PM

you don't need 3d power to run a dedicated server. just download the software from www.counter-strike.net, install, set it up right and you're ready to go!

MeltMan · 06-06-2002, 03:12 PM

Is dedicated server an option within half life? I'm not running linux on this machine... mostly because i have no linux experience and Its already got Win2kPro Server Edition on it.

jtroutma · 06-06-2002, 03:42 PM

MeltMan:

You need no 3d power what so ever to run a dedicated CS server. Right now I can get a dedicated server running over terminal services built into Win2K Adv. Server at home. I just use the GUI to make my setting changes and select "Dedicated Server" and go. It will drop out of the GUI and start running in a DOS box. That's it!

Need anything else?

MeltMan · 06-06-2002, 06:11 PM

Nope, Thanks! I'm gonna go load it up now and see what it can do...

It should load maps fast since it is a nice scsi raid

jtroutma · 06-06-2002, 06:20 PM

Quite possibly but I wouldnt expect miricles from that old of a SCSI array

That proliant should make a good CS server. Once you have it up and running, tell us your servers IP. I LOVE a good CS tournament or just a great blood bath!!

Pyrotechnic · 06-07-2002, 12:25 AM

MeltMan, after searching through all my chips i found a pair of matched P166 non-MMX chips.

MeltMan · 06-07-2002, 01:45 PM

REALLY??? how much do you want for em?

Pyrotechnic · 06-07-2002, 10:22 PM

does $15 SHIPPED sound fair ?

06-02-2002, 10:23 PM	#1
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	Free Proliant muahahahaha I just got me a free compaq proliant 1500 server with 4 4.3gig scuzzies in a raid array. Its only a dual p133 tho... maybe ill upgrade the ol socket5's to 166's or something... anyone have 2 old 166 non mmx chips layin around? I might just pull one of the hotswap drives out to see what it does... Or watercool the case, its a 5u rackmount badass __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

06-03-2002, 01:25 AM	#3
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	hehe thats cool, my dad recently got a free proliant also, its in my apartment right now, but its his... nice Dual P2 450 with 6 18.2GB 10kRPM HD's and I think a gb of ram. __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

06-03-2002, 09:28 AM	#4
ksw Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SWEDEN(cold...) Posts: 195	muahahahaa. ive got a Compaq pro Liant 4500, 8 pMMX 166mhz, 4 9.1gb scsi UW... Raw Powah! only one thing i do regret. why the heck did i foramt it. i lost the drivers for that compaq scsi cd-rom, but anyway. got another drive with NT4.0 server on it that i puit in. works great! one thing i hate about it, is, that it sounds like 4 DELTA EHE 60mm, yes, the 54CFM fans, in 60mm form factor..or something like hthat... hate it. its never turned on. but i like that case. might be a watercooling project some day... __________________ www.webraced.com <- addicted as hell /me is!

06-03-2002, 05:22 PM	#5
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	Yeah, I named mine "tornado" just because it sounds like one. I was hoping the darn thing would be more upgradable (like just plugging in a new CPU card or something). Maybe the proliant line has the same motherboard formfactor and a really new mobo/cpu card will fit into the same case. The mobo's and cpu cards go pretty cheap on ebay. heh, mines got 128 meg of ram and a 2meg onboard video adapter. Plus a bunch of EISA busses? I'm so glad i have a ton of those cards layin around oh wait.. i dont. Maybe its fast enough to brodcast streaming mp3's or somehting __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

06-03-2002, 05:33 PM	#6
ksw Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SWEDEN(cold...) Posts: 195	yeah it is. only one problem, try getting a NIC thats working for EISA...... a big problem, mine does have a external scsi NIC, but thats a addon. __________________ www.webraced.com <- addicted as hell /me is!

06-03-2002, 12:58 AM	#2
xerka Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 107	free why free? I want one, even though i dont need one

06-03-2002, 09:54 PM	#7
joeyd Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: new jersey Posts: 142	hmm i'll have to check but i might have a p200 floating around __________________ soyo dragon kt333. axp 2000 1gig of ddr333 ati radeon 9700 pro My Heatware

06-04-2002, 01:46 AM	#8
jag_e_fattig Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SoCal, formerly Sweden. Posts: 110	bah, this thread just reminded me how close i was to scoring a quad pII xeon, 100gb scsi, 600w redundant hp file server for about $100. but the guy who owned it was a greedy bastard.. __________________ Tearing it up AER - 05/29/87-10/26/03, I'll never forget.

06-06-2002, 02:39 AM	#9
Pyrotechnic Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 240	i think i have a few p166's laying around, i'll have to look through the 30 some pentium chips i have laying around.

06-06-2002, 03:18 AM	#10
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	old stuff is fun, particularly when it is all proprietory, and half of it doesn't work I'd be tempted to steal the psu/case and raid array out of it and throw the rest away __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

06-06-2002, 11:35 AM	#11
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	Pyro, it would ROCK if you had 2 p166's around. I dont yet know what to do with this machine, it has pci slots so maybe an mp3 broadcast machine would be in order. I wish it had some 3d power, then i could use it as a counterstrike server. Can you run a cs server w/o any real 3d performance, like in a "server only" mode? Anyways, i dont want to chop it up because technically it isnt "mine" its still my relatives. Its PSU isnt an ATX so thats kinda out too. __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

06-06-2002, 12:30 PM	#12
jag_e_fattig Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SoCal, formerly Sweden. Posts: 110	you don't need 3d power to run a dedicated server. just download the software from www.counter-strike.net, install, set it up right and you're ready to go! __________________ Tearing it up AER - 05/29/87-10/26/03, I'll never forget.

06-06-2002, 03:12 PM	#13
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	Is dedicated server an option within half life? I'm not running linux on this machine... mostly because i have no linux experience and Its already got Win2kPro Server Edition on it. __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

06-06-2002, 03:42 PM	#14
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	MeltMan: You need no 3d power what so ever to run a dedicated CS server. Right now I can get a dedicated server running over terminal services built into Win2K Adv. Server at home. I just use the GUI to make my setting changes and select "Dedicated Server" and go. It will drop out of the GUI and start running in a DOS box. That's it! Need anything else? __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250

06-06-2002, 06:11 PM	#15
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	Nope, Thanks! I'm gonna go load it up now and see what it can do... It should load maps fast since it is a nice scsi raid __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

06-06-2002, 06:20 PM	#16
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	Quite possibly but I wouldnt expect miricles from that old of a SCSI array That proliant should make a good CS server. Once you have it up and running, tell us your servers IP. I LOVE a good CS tournament or just a great blood bath!! __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250

06-07-2002, 12:25 AM	#17
Pyrotechnic Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 240	MeltMan, after searching through all my chips i found a pair of matched P166 non-MMX chips.

06-07-2002, 01:45 PM	#18
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	REALLY??? how much do you want for em? __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

06-07-2002, 10:22 PM	#19
Pyrotechnic Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 240	does $15 SHIPPED sound fair ?

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