The system is fully tested prior to shipping (including running it with 45 data disks installed) and when it arrived at our location the system had a fully-usable and bootable 64bit version of Ubuntu Linux already installed on the single boot/OS disk. We got the “everything but the drives” kit and boy are we glad we did. In production business or scientific settings, wiring assembly should be done by specialists, not geeked-out amateurs like ourselves.īarebones chassis or “everything but the drives” options are both available from. We love hardware and we love DIY projects but after years of experience in high performance scientific computing environments we have seen enough custom wiring disasters. This was almost a deal breaker for moving forward on this project. We also realized that even if we did find all the individual parts, we’d still be building our own wiring harnesses. At the time we were searching, some parts (such as the recommended power supply) were in incredibly short supply and effectively unavailable at the time. ![]() Many of the parts listed are priced for volume sales to system builders and integrators so it’s actually hard to save money or get a similar price for people like us looking to purchase in small quantities. We started searching out individual parts - there are roughly 19 items and close to 300 actual parts involved! ![]()
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