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<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>Regarding the various budgets from the 2018 committee relating to
various computer-related components, I've compiled a list of all
the various things we want to buy and a suggestion of where they
should be purchased.</p>
<p>Many of these quotes were provided by [MSX] who is able to
purchase these at wholesale prices.</p>
<ul>
<li>2 x 144hz monitors</li>
<ul>
<li>Budget: $500 AUD each ($1000 total), see minutes <a
href="https://ucc.asn.au/infobase/minutes/2018/2019-02-27.ucc">here</a></li>
<li>Suggested purchase: <b>AOC 24.5" 1ms 144Hz Full HD FreeSync
Frameless Gaming Monitor - G2590PX</b> [MSX: $300 + GST]</li>
</ul>
<li><strike>2 x 1TB M.2 SSDs (for Christmas and Catfish)</strike></li>
<ul>
<li><strike>Budget: $300 per SSD</strike><strike>, see minutes </strike><strike><a
href="https://ucc.asn.au/infobase/minutes/2018/2019-02-27.ucc">here</a></strike></li>
<li><strike>Suggested purchase: </strike><strike><b class="">SAMSUG
EVO M.2 - 1TB<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b></strike><strike><span
class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">[MSX: $189 from <i>Wholesaler 2</i>]</span></span></strike></li>
<li><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">Already purchased 2019-03-12</span></span><strike><span
class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">
</span></span></strike></li>
</ul>
<li><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">3 x 1TB SATA SSDs (for Corvo, Cichlid & Corydoras)</span></span></li>
<ul>
<li><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">Budget: $300 per SSD</span></span><span
class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">, see minutes <a href="https://ucc.asn.au/infobase/minutes/2018/2019-02-27.ucc">here</a></span></span></li>
<li><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">Suggested purchase: </span></span><span
class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><b class="">SAMSUNG 860 EVO SATA - 1TB </b><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">[MSX: $189 from <i>Wholesaler 2</i>]</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<li><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span></span></span></span><span
class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">6 x 1TB SATA SSDs (for upgrading ceph cluster in proxmox hosts, 2 SSDs per host)</span></span></span></span></li>
<ul>
<li><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">Budget: $250 per SSD, see minutes <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.ucc.asn.au/infobase/minutes/2018/2019-03-07.ucc">here</a></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">Suggested purchase: </span></span></span></span><span
class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><b class="">SAMSUNG 860 EVO SATA - 1TB (?)</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="">maybe an idea to get something more enterprise-grade?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Replacement parts for various failing hardware, see minutes <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.ucc.asn.au/infobase/minutes/2018/2019-03-07.ucc">here</a><br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>dead disks in molmol:</li>
<ul>
<li>Budget: $600 for some super-fancy PCIe SSD thing to be used
as a journal drive, such as <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Hard-Drives-&-SSDs/SSD-2.5-&-PCI-Express/70481-SSDPED1D280GASX">this</a></li>
<li>Budget: $100 for a ~250GB SSD to replace the failed system
disk (ie. Samsung 860 PRO/EVO)<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>failing / dead disks in motsugo:</li>
<ul>
<li>note, we already have one spare WD Black 2TB on the rack, 2
disks are failing</li>
<li>Budget: $190 for an additional WD Black 2TB</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Please let me know what bits people are able to buy and when so
we don't accidentally end up buying multiple lots of things.<br>
</p>
<ul>
</ul>
<p>Best regards,<br>
[FVP]<br>
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