Citizendium Blog

It is becoming obvious that with the amount of data we have to deal with that our current hardware situation is grossly inadequate.

In English, we need a Database server ASAP! Specifically, We could use a U320+ SCSI Card with True Hardware RAID and at least 4 15K RPM SCSI disk of at least 36GB. Server RAM in 2GB+ sticks great too. Donations of equipment or money extremely welcome.

Paypal Donations:

Send checks to: The Citizendium Foundation, P.O. Box 146, Mount Hermon, CA, 95041.

-Jason Potkanski
Technical Team, Citizendium Executive Committee

To look at our requirements, I will borrow from Wikimedia foundation’s recent purchase @ http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution_Hardware_Purchase_Feb-06 . Wikimedia spent $9000 for four of these servers. We need at least two, four would be great.

Rackform nServ A210S
CPU: Dual AMD Opteron 248 (2.2 GHz, 1MB L2 Cache)
RAM: 16GB (8 x 2GB) PC3200/DDR400 Registered ECC - Interleaved
NIC: Dual 10/100/1000 Mbps NIC (Broadcom 5704) - Integrated
Integrated SCSI: No Integrated SCSI
Management: None
PCI-X 1: Adaptec SCSI 2230SLP - Low Profile 2 Channel U320 RAID w/ BBU
HDD 1: Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 73GB U320 15KRPM SCA SCSI
HDD 2: Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 73GB U320 15KRPM SCA SCSI
HDD 3: Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 73GB U320 15KRPM SCA SCSI
HDD 4: Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 73GB U320 15KRPM SCA SCSI
HDD 5: Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 73GB U320 15KRPM SCA SCSI
HDD 6: Seagate Cheetah 15K.4 73GB U320 15KRPM SCA SCSI
CD-ROM: Slimline 8X DVD-ROM
5 1/4″ Device: None
Floppy: 1.44MB Floppy
Power Supply: Redundant 500W - PFC - Auto Switching 100-240V
Rail Kit: Ball Bearing Rail Kit
O/S: None
WARRANTY: 3 Year 8-5 M-F Helpdesk w/ Next Business Day On Site