looking for a machine for some bioinformatics project

Hello,


I am writing this post to explore the possibility of starting some
scientific project that I am involved in. In a very few words: we are
going to established essential bioinformatics service for university
and public use, as well. The core of the service has to be composed of
huge bioinformatics databases, a collection of applications and
publications which are together the key tools for bioinformatics
researches and development. At this stage, we have assured network
infrastructure for our project, at University Computer Center. We have
also assured rights to mirror the first database: DBTSS (Database of
Transcriptional Start Sites) by University of Tokyo. Well, we need a
multiway, high performance system for our project. Unfortunately, we
cannot obtain sufficient grant at this time and therefore we cannot buy
a brand new server immediately. Well, some day I hit on an idea to buy
some used, refurbished server at low price on eBay but we cannot do it
because of law restrictions - the university is prohibited from buying
used devices. Actually, the last chance to start our service promptly
is to obtain some sponsored server. Well, if You or Your organization
are able to support us with some used multiway machine like Proliant
DL580 (4 x PIII Xeon 700+ Mhz CPU), HP 9000 N4000(4+ PA-RISC 360+ MHz
CPU), RS/6000(4+ PowerPC3+ 375Mhz CPU), etc. with or without the
storage, we would be very grateful. Moreover, I suppose I would cover
postage from my private funds in that situation. Let me know if you
have any idea or advice for me. Thank You for Your time. Have a nice
day!


Petal

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> DL580 (4 x PIII Xeon 700+ Mhz CPU), HP 9000 N4000(4+ PA-RISC 360+ MHz
> CPU), RS/6000(4+ PowerPC3+ 375Mhz CPU), etc. with or without the
> storage, we would be very grateful. Moreover, I suppose I would cover
> postage from my private funds in that situation. Let me know if you
> have any idea or advice for me. Thank You for Your time. Have a nice
> day!
Petal,
You might want to consider HP remarketed servers. These go
through some sort of remanufacturing process; which might
circumvent your University's restrictions concerning used equipment.

David.


> Petal

"remanufacturing" is an interesting play on words, but the name-brand so-called
computer manufacturers play word games all the time. When HP remanufactures a
computer, they do exactly what I do here when I sell used equipment. In short,
the equipment gets lots of diagnostic testing, any worn-out electronic or
mechanical parts get replaced, and all the dust and dirt get removed from the
crevices inside the computer.

Stating that a company remanufactures equipment implies that they manufacture it
in the first place. Nothing could be further from the truth for most name-brand
computers sold today. HP, Dell, Gateway all rely on 3rd party contract
manufacturers to assemble the computers, which are often shipped direct to
buyers and retail outlets. Very much a process in which the name brand company
does not get its hands dirty actually touching the equipment. The exception may
be in the server arena, where buyers demand much higher reliability... Ben Myers

On 23 Nov 2005 11:03:25 GMT, (David Nixon) wrote:

>[... ]
>> DL580 (4 x PIII Xeon 700+ Mhz CPU), HP 9000 N4000(4+ PA-RISC 360+ MHz
>> CPU), RS/6000(4+ PowerPC3+ 375Mhz CPU), etc. with or without the
>> storage, we would be very grateful. Moreover, I suppose I would cover
>> postage from my private funds in that situation. Let me know if you
>> have any idea or advice for me. Thank You for Your time. Have a nice
>> day!
>Petal,
> You might want to consider HP remarketed servers. These go
>through some sort of remanufacturing process; which might
>circumvent your University's restrictions concerning used equipment.
>
>David.
>
>
>> Petal
>