Anybody think this is a good idea? I have a 2U version of this server
and it's pretty solid. This is a used machine, however. -- NJS
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Subject: Server
From:Igor Pruchanskiy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:Wed, February 14, 2007
(Apologies in advance for the top-post, blackberry doesn't give me much an
option)
It's much better than the machine we currently have, and you decidedly can't
beat the price.
I've called a few vendors for some quotes on mid-grade servers like an hp
dl145, and the prices come out to around
Neil Schneider wrote:
Posted it on CL for $750 couple of days ago, but would sell it to you for
cheaper
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/sys/277625170.html
No. Absolutely not for $750.
That's a 400Mhz FSB and an 8GB system memory limit.
The 36GB UW-SCSI drives have no value. *Especially*
I'd never buy a dell. Refer to my comment about, you get what you pay for --
there really are reasons why dell machines are cheap. It's like buying the
cheapest commodity parts on the shelf and tossing it into a case. I wouldn't
ever depend on one for something critical.
Besides, I think Igor
Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd never buy a dell. Refer to my comment about, you get what you
pay for -- there really are reasons why dell machines are cheap.
It's like buying the cheapest commodity parts on the shelf and
tossing it into a case. I wouldn't ever depend
Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Neil Schneider wrote:
I wish more people would participate in the discussion. I don't think
we need to rush, but sometime in the next month would probably be a
good time for coming to a consensus.
I agree. A little more participation would be nice.
However,
begin quoting Andrew Lentvorski as of Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 06:07:41PM -0800:
Neil Schneider wrote:
I wish more people would participate in the discussion. I don't think
we need to rush, but sometime in the next month would probably be a
good time for coming to a consensus.
I agree. A
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Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Then, who would you suggest?
I have purchased a couple dozen machines from www.ironsystems.com and
always been quite happy. I don't like Dell, HP, or any of those big
guys. Parts is parts. These small guys can put together
