Large Mainframe/server break down

Just picked up this Silicon Graphics Onyx2 rack. About 6' tall, 3' deep and 2' wide. Weight around 900 pounds. I was quite exicted to get this, as I never scrapped anything like this before.

It was on the second floor, had to break down where it was. The seller was nice enough the help with the disassembly. This cost $500,000 when new around 1998-2000!
Overall I'm happy, around 110 lbs of boards, about 5-6 lbs RAM, etc. Paid $200, easy $500+ in scrap value. Shown are two of the 3 power supplies, the bigger one is the size of a PC tower! On the right of the same picture is the hard drive raid array, about the size of a large rackmount server. Also shown is one of the 4 CPU boards, each with 2 CPU's. Those RAM sticks are about 8" long. As a bonus the frame is mostly extruded aluminum, probably close to 100 lbs.


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Nice score!! What kind of cpu's did it have?

Now that's a nice pic and score!

Congrats!

Sirscrapalot - "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing."- Einstein

Great score! I love tearing things down that are as tall as I am!

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Originally Posted by happyscraper

Nice score!! What kind of cpu's did it have?

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SGIs used a MIPS architecture CPU and an IRIX(UNIX type) OS. They were in extensive operation by high end users like NASA, high dollar medical facilities(like brain scans and studies etc), places where they required the utmost in graphics rendering. The IRIX OS is being discontinued now, along with the MIPS processors. It's a shame to just scrap that machine as they're no doubt still in use the world over, and parts will become precious to any who still need them

holy cow, I cant believe it weighed that much!

nice catch

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Originally Posted by Bear

SGIs used a MIPS architecture CPU and an IRIX(UNIX type) OS. They were in extensive operation by high end users like NASA, high dollar medical facilities(like brain scans and studies etc), places where they required the utmost in graphics rendering. The IRIX OS is being discontinued now, along with the MIPS processors. It's a shame to just scrap that machine as they're no doubt still in use the world over, and parts will become precious to any who still need them

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I agree, I kind of felt bad scrapping it. I did check to see if any of the parts have much re-sale value, but it seems like they are slow sellers. I might put a few items on ebay, and see what happens.

The MIPS CPU's are nothing special as far as scrap value, soldered to the cpu boards and kind of small like a P4 or similar CPU.
However the two backplane boards are spectacular!!! Tons of gold plating and lots of gold plated connectors. Definitely higher grade than anything I have ever seen, plus the two weigh about 16 lbs. Also the main power connectors are as big as my fingers, and I think they are solid silver (non-magnetic, not copper, not plated, look like silver, I will get them checked with XRF).
Actually the scrap value will be closer to $600-700, more if those connectors are really solid silver.

Also I recently got another contact who is offering me the same type of equipment, plus a lot more. Hopefully I can make a deal on those also.