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mmk
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Wrote on the subject of Cheap but Powerful UltraSPARC under $500 at Feb. 7, 2011, 9:35 a.m...
I'd recommend against getting a V440 due to the fact that they have a tendency of blowing power supplies just too often. At least get a spare or five if you do end up buying one.

Also, based on my experience of some tens of boxes the V480s and V490s tend to be sturdy workhorses without any real reliability issues. I'd definitely choose one over a V440 absolutely any day of the week. You should be able to get one for a reasonable price on ebay if you're patient..

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mmk
From Finland
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Wrote on the subject of MPEG4 video playback issues with neko_mplayer on O2 at May 12, 2011, 2:31 a.m...
I guess this is the one referred to:

http://www.blackboxcentral.com/sgimonkey/

It's really out-of-date though..
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mmk
From Finland
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Wrote on the subject of Indigo2 newcomer - what, why, and why does it do that? at May 15, 2011, 10:17 a.m...
ajw99uk wrote: After the updates, booting and shutting down seems to take much longer than it did before. Is this most likely a symptom of later 6.5 versions of core software stretching an R4400 / 256MB a bit further than the base 6.5 versions? Or would a 2GB IBM DCAS32160 tend to outperform a Seagate ST39173N, assuming both have XFS partitions made using mkfs defaults? (The 9GB has 0.5GB swap space, the rest as root; the IBM had proportionately less swap but also a single root partition rather than separate root and usr).

The Seagate should be faster, it's a slightly newer 7200RPM disk compared to the 5400RPM IBM. I'd just get something newer than either of those two for the system. I've got a 3.5" SCA Maxtor Atlas V with an SCA-50pin adapter in one of mine and it works fairly nicely. Not that that's particularly new anymore either :P Should really test a 2.5" SCA disk in one of these machines sometime..

Whatever you get you obviously won't get particularly high datarates due to the SCSI bus bottleneck in the box, but a disk that's capable of more IOs per second is probably still slightly faster in practice..
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mmk
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Wrote on the subject of Just went mad and got a DL560 from eBay... at Sept. 20, 2011, 9:21 a.m...
A single or perhaps a dual CPU box would indeed have been more 'correct' for that job of yours but can't beat of the cool factor of having those additional processors :)

Perhaps once you've actually seen what's in the box you might be able to source a cheap faster replacement CPU to use for this particular purpose. Whatever you do with the hardware it sounds unlikely that 270 minutes will drop to 30. At least not for this kind of money :P

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mmk
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Wrote on the subject of Just went mad and got a DL560 from eBay... at Sept. 24, 2011, 6:32 a.m...
Looks like two 2gbit Fibre Channel cards...If I had to guess, probably Qlogic 2340 based on some additional googling :)

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mmk
From Finland
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2 rack IR2E or parts thereof (Finland) at Jan. 23, 2016, 5:49 a.m...
Unfortunately I have to get rid of my dear old Onyx2 due to a long-distance move coming up this summer. If someone in Finland is interested in an entire Onyx2 rack system, please get in touch. Otherwise I'l sell this in parts. Specs:

- Four 2x 400MHz R12k nodeboards, each with 2GB RAM (red sticks, so half populated)
- IR2E with: GE16, 2x RM9, DG5-2-GVO
- A working MMSC (!!!) (the computer was replaced sometime, the original blew)
- A couple of Adaptec 1gbit DB9 fc boards (got also db9-optical adapters)
- HD-IO (no cables)
- SD video
- The basic stuff like baseio, ktown etc

One of the nodeboards is somewhat 'challenged', and has been as long as I can remember (I used to work on this machine, and then got it for myself later). It seeems like a firmware issue, it never would update to the same version as the other three boards.

I've also got a couple of 195MHz nodeboards (I think), an extra baseio card and a spare IR3 set (that I thought I would save but if someone really really wants it..). Also got some shoehorned stuff (plus worthless si/se octane cards) in case someone is really desperate to fit stuff to an octane).

Everything is located in southern Finland, but I can ship the reasonable weight stuff if necessary. Please make offers for the parts, I don't really know the going prices for any of this anymore. Also please ask if you're looking for something in particular, I may have missed something from this listing..
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mmk
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2 rack IR2E or parts thereof (Finland) at Jan. 30, 2016, 5:55 a.m...
Still got these things, now parting out since nobody's wanted the entire box.
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mmk
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2 rack IR2E or parts thereof (Finland) at Feb. 18, 2016, 9:50 a.m...
The IR2E has been sold but everything else is still left. Some of the parts were briefly on eBay but right now they're on a breather :) Please let me know if you're after something. Got two IO6Gs in case someone wants one for an origin2000 upgrade or such.
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mmk
From Finland
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2 rack IR2E or parts thereof (Finland) at Feb. 23, 2016, 7:48 a.m...
I guess i could do that but don't really know what to ship it with. They're rather large so the normal post office might not be very eager to accept them. ideas?
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mmk
From Finland
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2 rack IR2E or parts thereof (Finland) at Feb. 25, 2016, 9:52 a.m...
I'm in Vantaa so basically the capital area. Not going to Sweden anytime soon, sorry :)

Which parts exactly are you after? I've got all the skins etc except for the cable runner behind which the router cards are -- someone threw that away in some previous move of the box.
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mmk
From Finland
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Wrote on the subject of Onyx2 rack IR2E or parts thereof (Finland) at Feb. 29, 2016, 2:13 p.m...
Pontus wrote:
mmk wrote: I'm in Vantaa so basically the capital area. Not going to Sweden anytime soon, sorry :)

Which parts exactly are you after? I've got all the skins etc except for the cable runner behind which the router cards are -- someone threw that away in some previous move of the box.


One side, it's a plastic inset between the front and rear rackpost. You just bend it slightly and it comes right out. If I get one I might also get the other since my friend is lacking a side for his rack as well.

I would like a front panel for a CPU module in the purple Onyx2 colour, with matching cable cover. Since I only have a the blue Origin2k coloured one.

Finally, the aluminium cover door is pretty scratched up on mine so it would be nice to have. But that would increase the size of the already big package.

Sorry for not getting back sooner, I've been quite busy. Are you in a hurry to get rid of it?


Unfortunately the aluminum cable cover and its plastic sidekick I don't have (someone lost those years ago). Other than that, the compute module front and the sides are in good shape. I need to get rid of the box before the summer. Although some of the technical bits i'll probably drag along to my new place if they don't' sell -- just can't take the entire damn thing (or the large plastics for that matter)
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