Shark Sever WON!!

Me and Scrapyaherd just won this beautiful IBM shark 2105-800. The beast weights 2650 lbs fully loaded. this one is only missing 68 hdds and has 48 of them. And now the hard part starts.

-Best ideas on getting this onto a trailer.

- If you could sell it at .44 a lb would you dismantle it?

Now some pictures. Also i have tech specs on everything.

http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/...ul1/Shark3.jpg

http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/...ul1/Shark2.jpg

http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/...ul1/Shark1.jpg
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WOW! That's all I've got to say! WOW! How much did it take to win? Congrats!

OMG that thing is awesome! Did you get in good?

168$

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Originally Posted by Dunemaul

168$

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Incredible. Good for you guys. Huge props.

I probably break it down. I think there is more there than that.

Yeah but do you really think there is 1100$ worth of ewaste in there?

2500*.44=1100 I just dont believe that there could be that much in the thing, but thats why im asking.

Congrats!!! If you could turn it at .44 thats a quick grand in your pocket after you take your investment out. You might get more by braking it down but how much time would it take. If you can get it on a trailer and take right to a buyer thats what I would do,I wouldn't what to handle that thing any more than I had to. Did you get my PM from last night 7/11/12 if not I'll resend it.

Thats pretty sweet..congrats guys..i always break stuff down, but thats quite the deal u have worked out..gl removing n loading it

Dune sent the PM check your box.

looks like you have about double my six . so I would guess $1100/$1200 would be about right. the labor to tear it down is intensive. my humble opinion is no. if you can get .44 for it, take the money and run to the next one.

Thanks Olddude you were one of the ones i wanted to chime in most. Now you see why i had so many questions.

did you know if those were custom or line machines ? if they were custom ,as many IBM are, you could be looking at once was upwards of half a million. $ there. one thing to be aware of is that IBM dosent sell its products to the customer, they work with a service agreement, so technicaly all IBM machines actually belong to IBM, but since most of them are custom they have no aftermarket use for them and don't want to transport them or store them so they usually turn a blind eye on disposal.

p.s.: IM TOLD THE WHITE CERAMIC PROCESSORS ON THE SERVER BOARDS CONTAIN BERILLIUM so its' best to leave them on the board.

From the specs that they gave us and looking at the Big Red Book it looks to be a normal model. I have no doubt that it cost that much as it was a jump in the storage server market of its time and was the largest unit of its series that they produced. If it had the expansion for another 100 something Hdds it would have added another 1609 lbs on but its just the base model.

In all honesty this sucker wont be broken down unless someone comes on and says there is a bar of gold in the thing. Its way to big to even screw around with and getting it loaded will be challenge enough. Im just glad theres a forklift at the place ill sell it at.

If you can get .44/lb take the money and run.......As far as loading I prefer to manhandle stuff but if that doesn't work I break out the 9000lb winch....LOL CONGRATS I can tell you have been doing some serious hustlin my man

some ideas, have you ever seen an ac duct jack? not sure the capacity. Some used truck tires, a pallat jack and pallet come to mind. Also some cribbage using some kind of jack. jacking a little corner at a time with 2x 4's 4x4/s etc.

I cant take all the credit without partnering up with scrapyahherd would i have grown this fast. Every Friday and weekend were busting ass getting as much as we can possibly get our hands on. And during the week im planning out pick ups, stripping machines, and handling customer service. We got UBER lucky on this server because the search function on the auction site wouldn't show it except for one way. After this month i think were are going to spend a week or 2 going around the entire city and doing our spiel where ever they will listen. Danm glad i joined this forum.

I did that for 5 straight years in this biz and still work every day........However the breaks get longer and the work days get shorter.......LOL.....I could use some of your motivation....(I'm hungry just not as hungry as I was when I had nothing)....LOL

linuxchick.se » 2010-10-15 IBM Shark SAN

Oh man hahah!

Holy crap what did we get ourselves into.

I moved some large servers like this before for a company ( I was moving them in not scrappin em) is it not on wheels????.....I got a kick out of you destroying the ramp

From the pictures it looks to be on small wheels. And we are getting a trailer from sunbelt. We would have smahsed the biggest uhaul trailer into the ground. The fact it took that many people to move it around tells me we gonna pull the power supplies before we load it. that should remove 800 pounds or so.

We're going to use one of these....

Lift-a-Load Elevating Platform Trailer Applications

and one of these...

8000 Lb. Cable Winch Puller

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From the pictures it looks to be on small wheels. And we are getting a trailer from sunbelt. We would have smahsed the biggest uhaul trailer into the ground. The fact it took that many people to move it around tells me we gonna pull the power supplies before we load it. that should remove 800 pounds or so.

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my thoughts exactly

HAHA love the action shots dune and scrapyaherd. Atleast its "down" the stairs now. is that your shop or the place you needed to remove it from?

That i assume is another company removing the server. we dont get ours till next friday and its just 2 of us vs Jaws

oooh oops i thought that was you guys. wellll dont do what they did is all i gotta say. grats on it and have fun!

Little bit of a video of whats gonna happen next week. i dont think the pictures do justice to what happened.

http://youtu.be/Moupe2aoIkI

Hope the seller has a forklift. You may need to break it down just to move it.:D

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If you can get .44/lb take the money and run.......As far as loading I prefer to manhandle stuff but if that doesn't work I break out the 9000lb winch....LOL CONGRATS I can tell you have been doing some serious hustlin my man

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My thoughts exactly. Cash in hand is always a good thing. Cash it out for the .44/lb.

Looks like were not gonna hve to much of a problem now that we rented the right tools for the job. Gonna have a huge Saturday and Tuesday before we even go and pick the beast up. Really its the icing on the cake. By then checks should be rolling in.

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Looks like were not gonna hve to much of a problem now that we rented the right tools for the job. Gonna have a huge Saturday and Tuesday before we even go and pick the beast up. Really its the icing on the cake. By then checks should be rolling in.

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The place I'm renting the trailer even though only supposed to rent "local" allowed me to reserve the hydraulic drop deck trailer which is going to be killer and take it the 60+ miles as long as I promised not to drive it on the highway. Smart idea anyhow to stay off there.

YEah i just got off the phone with my Dad he said we would be morons to take the highway cause it would be a sail that could pull the truck around lol. They loved the pics of it. still more interested in seeing my cat in Aug then me :-p

Quick money is quick money but I would have a hard time not taking it apart for the fun of it.

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Holy crap what did we get ourselves into.

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Did they ask you if you wanted the ramp too?? Lmao that's INSANE!!

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Did they ask you if you wanted the ramp too?? Lmao that's INSANE!!

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The pictures of them moving and the video are from a german blog to show what it is going to take to move it.


We ave been in contact with the owner and found out it has wheels and should be easy to roll out.

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Originally Posted by Dunemaul

The pictures of them moving and the video are from a german blog to show what it is going to take to move it.


We ave been in contact with the owner and found out it has wheels and should be easy to roll out.

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Oh ok, hopefully you don't have to go through that mess.

hek, tell the guy who wants to buy it to go pick it up ; )

I have the 2500 dodge ram if you need help. I rented a trailer from sunbelt 441 orlando North. good deal.

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linuxchick.se » 2010-10-15 IBM Shark SAN

Oh man hahah!

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So did you also score the broken aluminum ramp? :)