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Отправлено: 24.01.2012, 15:33
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Former EU servers being auctioned for St. Jude's
 Recently, all World of Warcraft servers saw hardware upgrades to improve player performance. So what happens to all that old hardware? Today, Blizzard released that it is auctioning server blades and donating the proceeds to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
Quoting Blizzard's official press release:
For a time, these servers were doorways into a universe of magic, mystery, and unlimited adventure. People vanquished mighty foes, they formed bonds of friendship, and some even found love in the game worlds that ran on these servers. If you listen closely on a starry night, you can still hear the ghosts of the past running through their circuit boards, recounting tales of epic conquest.
What is being auctioned?
Being auctioned are the HP p-Class server blades. For those who are unfamiliar with a server blade, it is literally a self-contained server, which collectively fits into an enclosure with other blades. For this round, Blizzard is auctioning it's former EU servers.
Who is St. Jude?
 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®, founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, is one of the world's premier centers for the research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases. St. Jude is the first and only pediatric cancer center to be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. Children from all 50 states and from around the world have come through the doors of St. Jude for treatment, and thousands more around the world have benefited from the research conducted at St. Jude — research that is shared freely with the global medical community. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance and St. Jude covers the cost for food, travel and lodging for patients and a family member.
Working together under one roof, their physicians and scientists have pioneered treatments that have helped push the overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent when the hospital opened in 1962 to 80 percent today. The survival rate for the most common form of childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, has risen from just 4 percent in 1962 to 94 percent today.
Where is the bidding?
The auctions are live on Ebay and bids can be placed here. The auction will run until January 30.
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