[G4] G4 Xserve newbie!

[Eric Wood]

Am Dec 27, 2007 um 10:28 AM schrieb John Niven:

> Well I don't know if I'm lucky or stupid.
>
> A while ago I won a copy of Panther Xserver s/w from
> eBay for a bargain price. I was going to put it on one
> of my G4 dual 450MHz GigaE machines but someone local
> was selling a Xserve rack, which I got for $200. I
> thought that was fair as it was advertized as a 1GHz
> Single G4 basic machine. It turns out it has an extra
> 512 memory stick (on top of the standard 256), and an
> extra 120Gb second disk drive. That alone is worth
> $150 on eBay! The standard 60Gb drive is there also.
>
> Fired it up yesterday, and here's the downside: it's
> incredibly noisy :-( but it works perfectly :-).
>
> So is this normal? Anybody have experience of these
> things? Should I look at new fans? The system monitor
> shows the cpu is keeping really cool (~28C). Can the
> fans be slowed? Will I have to dedicate a whole room
> in my house to it alone :-)?
>
> Since I have two drive modules, how big a hard drives
> can I put in them? Is there a 128Gb limit? Some
> documention I found at apple suggested that if I had
> Tiger I could go to 240Gb otherwise its 180Gb max. Is
> this correct (I don't think I can afford Tiger server
> just yet)?
>
> Would two 180Gb drives, mirrored, be the best option
> for a family file server?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> John (with ear-plugs)
>
My thought is to blow it, and especially the fans out with compressed  
air. I also have a fan that seems to get loud if its power cable gets  
near enough the blades. I don't know how loud an Xserve should be,  
but I expect it's pretty quiet brand-new.

Eric