Hi Jeff, I actually have the following spare gear: 1 Dell 2950 - dual core 3 Dell 1950 - quad core or 2xquad core 3 Dell 1450 - dual and quad core 3 Dell 860 - I don't remember their configs. Most likely a quad core in at least 1 of them 1 Dell R210 - quad core Most have 750Gb or 1Tb disks or ~140Gb SAS disks. The biggest limitation is the ram for most of them. It's mostly DDR2 ECC(read: expensive). I'm happy to part with some of them at no cost. However, keep in mind that the DDR2 ECC is expensive AND these things have a major power draw. The R210 is about the only power efficient one in the stack. I also have an OLD Catalyst 3500XL kicking around with no cables. Let me know if any of that is of interest. However, I would discourage taking any old server. It would be cheaper in the near-future to just build a mid-range desktop(due to electrical costs). Drop in a decent i5(CPU is rarely the bottle-neck in home virtualization labs), 32Gb ram and you're flying. I've build similar labs for ~$400. Barring that, consider just leasing a dedicated box. OVH has some interesting offerings. I'm a big fan of their MG line-up. Specifically the MG 4 or 5 and the mHG 2 for the intense stuff. You can probably get by with a SP or EG server though for your needs. Great for Xen, no power bills, static IP and no hardware to maintain - if that isn't your focus. Best of luck! Jeff On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Jeff Moncrieff <jeffrey [ dot ] moncrieff [ at ] yahoo [ dot ] ca > wrote: > Does anyone have any old equipment ie desktop or servers there are trying > to get rid of. I have a couple of projects that I Want to build for my self > ie Linux or BSD based router then I want to build a xen server for testing > asterisk and web/mail server. My parents down sizes when I left for > Vancouver so most of my equipment went to the recyclers. I still have a > server siting in storage on the coast and some switches here with me > > kind regards Jeff > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >