Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 10:56:17 +0200
From: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
To: Decibel! <decibel@decibel.org>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-www@postgresql.org,
	fr@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Any use for two Compaqs in Europe?
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On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 08:09:47PM -0700, Decibel! wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2007, at 8:31 AM, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >Folks,
> >
> >Continuent has offered us two fairly current Compaq servers (specs  
> >pending)
> >for donation.  The machines are currently in Grenoble, France, and  
> >we'd have
> >to supply transportation to whereever we want to host them.
> >
> >If they weren't in Europe, I could really use them for our  
> >performance lab,
> >but intercontinental transport is liable to be more than they're  
> >worth.
> >
> >So, is there somewhere we could use these?
> 
> How heavy are they? Someone flying across the pond could potentially  
> take them as checked luggage...

Been a while since you dealt with this kind of hardware, right? ;-)

If it's actualyil a compaq (and not a HP), it's very large. And even if
it's a modern HP, it's certainly not something you stick in your suitcase
;-)

//Magnus