Locating Used Sun Enterprise 10000s For Sale? 27
AtariDatacenter asks: "My employer is having trouble, outside
of eBay, locating used Sun Enterprise 10000 servers for sale. (In fact, they approved asking Slashdot for ideas.) Anyone have any good ideas on sourcing used E10ks?"
what's wrong with ebay? (Score:3, Insightful)
What is wrong with ebay?
I find for more expensive items it is a good way to find some contacts. (rather than actually executing the sale)
Remanufactured systems (Score:4, Informative)
EDS and Private Eye (Score:1)
And by the way the link in the story should be EDS [eds.com]
Foreclosure Auctions (Score:2, Informative)
Long story shortened, to cover outstanding debts with creditors, like us, they had an auction run, and attracted a lot of people. Some stuff went dirt cheep, and some went way over the cost of buying it new. They had 15-20 E450 servers, a single 6500 server, and a 10,000 server among many other pricy toys I would just want to hold for a few minutes.
Check out auctioners and also some used resellers, but used resellers usualy let the Sun hardware go for a few bucks cheeper than new.
Also, consider the relationship with Sun if you want a support contract. If you buy it from Sun or a Sun dealer, Sun likes you. If you buy used, your requests are often put on the back burner, or so I've been told.
FYI, the Auction Co. was Paul E. Saperstine, and they can be found on the web at http://www.pesco.com/
Absence of big machines (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Absence of big machines (Score:1, Funny)
So, that's what sun 10K's are being used for nowadays? I'll look forward to seeing one in my local park!
These may be difficult to come by. (Score:2, Informative)
Check the newsgroups (Score:2, Informative)
E10k Admin (Score:1)
Re:E10k Admin (Score:1)
Re:E10k Admin (Score:1)
Strong E10000 System Engineer (Score:1)
Send me an email to get his contact info. Remove "NOSPAM" from my email address.
Re:Strong E10000 System Engineer (Score:1)
Thanks!
E10k for $200k (Score:2, Interesting)
A better question is, why an E10k? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:A better question is, why an E10k? (Score:2)
--NBVB
Value of E3000 (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Value of E3000 (Score:2, Informative)
Complete boxes for around $2k.
YMMV
Call Excite@Home (Score:2, Funny)
Try DoveBid (Score:2, Informative)
Processor Magazine (Score:2)
Government DRMO (Score:2)
Check your phone book for Defense Reutilization Management Office, or call a nearby military base and speak to someone in the communications squadron/unit to ask where you can go. EDS should have some of that info, considering the fact that they work many military contracts. The info may be in another division, though...
If you need info, e-mail me.