| Item | Unit price | Justification/Intended use | Purchasing link |
|---|---|---|---|
| DVD to SATA adapters (5) | $6.81 | Boot disks for servers | amazon |
| Compressed gas | $8.50 | Hardware maintenance | Amazon |
| Mini-DVI to HDMI adapter | $8 | Apple Xserve video output | eBay |
Purchased from slush fund! Yay.
Items we might need over the 2023 -- 2024 academic year.
Purchase options column show just some purchase options.
| Item | Unit price | Qty | Total | Purchase options | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECC Server RAM | 40$ | 4 | 160$ | Amazon | Do not buy until we verify the kinds (ECC, DDR level) of RAM we need |
| GPU | 100$ | 1 | 100$ | Amazon | Do not buy until we characterize our GPU needs, have a host capable of using this, and the software to make it usable |
| 1 ft of Cat 6 Cable | 0.40$ | 25 | 10$ | Amazon | Can be cut and crimped into smaller segments |
| Ethernet crimping kit | 18$ | 1 | 18$ | Amazon | Includes crimper, cutter, covers, cable tester, and wire strippre |
| Western Digital 2TB internal HDD | 50$ | 6 | 300$ | Amazon | Be sure that we have the right sizes for our RAID array (limited by the size of the smallest drive) |
| NIC | 90$ | 1 | 90$ | Amazon | Useful if we want to have multiple networks |
- Physical KVM or really something to facilitate remote OOB management
- Rack infrastructure?