A Second Donation of Servers To UCB Are Available To Campus Departments Beginning July 6, 2009
Broadcom Corporation has donated approximately 300 three to four year old Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron compute servers to UCB. These servers are rack-mountable "2U" devices with no operating system, displays or other peripherals, and have minimal disk drives.
The donated servers are now available to campus departments upon
request. Campus departments may request these servers for any of the
following designated purposes:
· For use with CalHPC (high performance computing service)*
· For colocation in the Data Center**
· For local use
All orders are processed on a first come, first served basis, and if
the requested type of server is not available, the customer will have
the option to change their request.
*Cal HPC Customers should already be in contact with Technical
Account Management (TAM) if requesting servers for this purpose. More
information about TAM can be found online: http://ist.berkeley.edu/services/tam
**Data Center Colocation customers should refer to http://ist.berkeley.edu/services/is/dc/colo for more information including costs associated with this service.
Terms and Condtions For Eligibility
1. The requesting department or group must be affiliated with University of California, Berkeley and provide all relevant contact information.
2. The number of servers requested for Data Center colocation service or local use must not exceed 15 servers of any type.
CalHPC customers are not restricted by this maximum.
3. The requester must include a brief description of how the equipment will be used for research or instructional purposes. If Local Use is selected, the requester must describe why Data Center colocation service does not fit the proposed use.
4. If Local Use is selected, the requester must provide details about where the equipment will be housed and how the computer racks, peripherals, cooling and electrical power will be adequately provided. If applicable, the requester may indicate what older equipment will be replaced and how the requested computers will reduce campus electrical and cooling loads.
5. The requester has the option to pick up servers for free from B2A Evans Hall, Tuesdays and Thursdays 1p-3p. If Campus Delivery is selected, a fee of $45 will be charged for delivering servers to a campus address (delivery is not available off campus). The requester must provide a chart string when contacted by the Server Donation Project team in order to schedule delivery.
6. The requester owns the equipment upon receipt and assumes all responsibility for the equipment including, but not limited to, maintenance, repair, and disposal. Should the requester find the equipment non-functioning within TEN BUSINESS DAYS of receipt, the requester may contact the Server Donation Project team to request a replacement.
To request these servers please fill out this online form:
http://ist.berkeley.edu/services/catalog/datacenter/serverdonation/form
*All orders are processed on a first come, first served basis, and if
the requested type of server is not available, the customer will have
the option to change their request.
