[SAC] PSC Vote: Buy disks for osgeo8 and osgeo9

[Alex Mandel]

I suppose at that price for 2x drives to try that's fine.

+1 Alex



On 9/30/22 16:55, Regina Obe wrote:
> The disks on osgeo8 (2 are failing)
> 
> And the disks on osgeo9 (are only 70 GB in size each)
> 
> Both servers currently have 8 drives
> 
> I've been reviewing a lot of the options and best I think is
> 
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/224083213581
> 
> As I have detailed here - https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2591
> 
> My proposal is to buy 4  of these 1 1.2TB 10K SAS 2.5" 6G Server Hard
> Drives.
> 
> Which are stated to be compatible with our server  HP DL360 G6.
> They are refurbished and not HP brand, thus much cheaper than new drives.
> But newer HP drives would be a waste of money as they are in the $300-$600
> range for each server and these are old servers.
> 
> So cost would be
> 
> $33*4  = $132
> 
> 2 will go into osgeo8
> 
> and remaining 2 will go into osgeo9
> 
> If these work fine after a month or so then we get 12 more for an additional
> $396.
> 
> I have dismissed SSD drives since that would require SATA.
> 
> +1
> 
> Also would like to hear if anyone else has opinions on matter since I'm not
> that knowledgeable about hardware.
> 
> Thanks,
> Regina
> 
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