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 <tr><td>Type:</td><td>4U Encom unit</td></tr>
 <tr><td>OS:</td><td>Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron</td></tr>
-<tr><td>CPU:</td><td>2 x Intel Xeon 5030 (Netburst arch, dual core) @ 2.66GHz</td></tr>
+<tr><td>CPU:</td><td>2 x Intel Xeon 5030 (Netburst arch, dual core, hyperthreading on each core) @ 2.66GHz</td></tr>
 <tr><td>RAM:</td><td>6GB</td></tr>
-<tr><td>Storage:</td><td>3ware RAID Controller</td></tr>
+<tr><td>Storage:</td><td>3ware RAID Controller, connected to internal storage array</td></tr>
 <tr><td>&#160;</td><td>Dell PERC 6/E RAID Controller with 512MB RAM and a battery backup unit, connected to DAS</td>
 <tr><td>Disks:</td><td>2 x 80GB SATA (Operating System)</td></tr>
-<tr><td>&#160;</td><td>8x500GB SATA in RAID5 (Storage Array)</td></tr>
+<tr><td>&#160;</td><td>8 x 500GB SATA in RAID5 (Internal Storage Array)</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Drives:</td><td>Internal IDE CDROM</td></tr>
 <tr><td>&#160;</td><td>Internal FDE Floppy</td></tr>
-<tr><td>DAS:</td><td>[[Worf|Worf]]</td></tr>
 <tr><td>Network:</td><td>2x Onboard Ethernet</td></tr>
 <tr><td>&#160;</td><td>2x Other Ethernet</td></tr>
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 In February 2010 it became the host machine for Redbrick's new DAS, [[Worf|Worf]], connected via a Dell PERC 6/E RAID controller.
+==Description==
+There were rumours flying around that the SPC had some extra cash left over at the end of the 2006/2007 academic year, and Redbrick hadn't splashed out on a major new purchase in a long time. Also, we were in desperate need of more storage space, with gallery.redbrick eating up space on Deathray like nobody's business. So we decided to purchase a machine with, as Eoghan (atlas) described it, "an assload of storage". So Eoghan sourced the machine from Encom, we applied for a grant, we got the grant (whee!), and it now sits happily in the server room.
+In February 2010 it became the host machine for Redbrick's new DAS, [[Worf|Worf]], connected via a Dell PERC 6/E RAID controller.
+On the 22nd of April 2011 Minerva is retired as our primary login server. [[Worf]] was removed from Minerva and connected to [[Azazel]].
+It is intended that Minerva will be re-provisioned as our new Windows server.
 ==Services==
-* Serves /home and /webtree over NFS.
+* Available for login
-* Primary login machine.
 [[Category:Hardware]]