HP ProLiant DL360 G6 Teardown and Maintenance -- The Electronics Inside 58

I needed to do some maintenance on some kit at home. So of course I thought I'd bring you along for the ride! Here is my 1u server that I use for rendering videos.

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DAB over 3 years ago

Another great teardown.

The first computer system I worked on had four racks for the PDP-11-20 computer and four racks of special build electronics for capturing digitized images generated by a laser system.

As for memory costs, we upgraded to an additional 8K by 16 bits of core memory for about 8,000 USD. That was 1 USD for each 16 bit word.

Later we got an additional 2.2 MB disc drive with one 1.1 MB removable platter. Great upgrade from our original 64 KB hard drive.

How times have changed over the last fifty years.
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a531016 over 3 years ago in reply to DAB

Thanks DAB, great to hear from you!

1 dollar per word - that's incredible to imagine... And to think that was still a significant improvement over manual labour or claculation to be worth it.

Another great comparison a remeber hearing, I seem to remember the Voyager probes could communicate at about 8 bps, which was comparable to a good telegraph operator!
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beacon_dave over 3 years ago in reply to a531016

"...Uplink communications is via S-band (16-bits/sec command rate) while an X-band transmitter provides downlink telemetry at 160 bits/sec normally and 1.4 kbps for playback of high-rate plasma wave data..."

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/
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beacon_dave over 3 years ago in reply to a531016

"...Uplink communications is via S-band (16-bits/sec command rate) while an X-band transmitter provides downlink telemetry at 160 bits/sec normally and 1.4 kbps for playback of high-rate plasma wave data..."

https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/spacecraft/
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