Hi all,
My Talos II systems have worked very well for a number of years
I recently had some experiences with BIOS updates on hardware from another vendor. The vendor requires people to have accounts, support contracts and running a specific operating system to run some utilities. As the hardware had a very old BIOS firmware it couldn't update directly to the current version. It was a huge hassle and it reminded me of the benefits of having things like petitboot and open source BIOS code.
Nonetheless, it feels foolish for me to spend time testing the platform and creating patches when some people are undermining collaboration in larger Linux distributions.
With that in mind I'm looking to sell the two workstations. I will probably spend more of my time on other areas of open source. By purchasing the workstations, you are indirectly supporting my work in other areas.
I can sell them whole or to reduce shipping costs I could remove them from the cases and sell the combination of motherboard/CPU/heatsink/memory without case/GPU.
Full specifications and proposed prices below. Offers will be considered.
Regards,
Daniel
Workstation A, build price over EUR 6500, sell for
EUR 4,500, buy only Talos II motherboard/two CPUs/HSF/RAM only
EUR 3,800:
| Motherboard/Dual CPU/HSF bundle | Raptor | T2P9D01 | 1 | |
| Heat sink fan (HSF) – 3U | IBM | 01KL960 | 2 | |
| CPU - 8-core POWER9 3.8Ghz | IBM | CP9M32 | 2 | dual CPU |
| RAM ECC 16GB DDR4-2666 | Samsung | M393A2K40CB2-CTD | 8 | (total: 128GB, spread over all eight channels for maximum performance) |
| Case | Fractal | Define 7 XL | 1 | |
| PSU | Seasonic | Prime TX 850 | 1 | |
| GPU | AMD / Saphhire | Radeon RX580 8GB | 1 | |
| GPU riser | Fractal | | 1 | |
Workstation B, build price approx EUR 5,400, sell for
EUR 3,500, buy only Talos II motherboard/two CPUs/HSF/RAM only
EUR 2,900 :
| Motherboard/Dual CPU/HSF bundle | Raptor | T2P9D01 | 1 | |
| Heat sink fan (HSF) – 3U | IBM | 01KL960 | 2 | |
| CPU in bundle – 4-core POWER9 3.8GHz | IBM | CP9M01 | 2 | dual CPU |
| SATA controller | | | 1 | |
| CD/DVD ROM drive | | | 1 | |
| RAM ECC 16GB DDR4-2666 | | | 8 | (total: 128GB, spread over all eight channels for maximum performance) |
| PSU | Seasonic | Prime TX 850 | 1 | |
| Fans | Noctua | NF-A14 chromax black swap | 3 | |
| GPU | AMD / Saphhire | Radeon RX580 8GB | 1 | |
