On May 15, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Matt Hogstrom wrote:
I did a quick search on the web for what it would take to build two
systems. Here is the initial SWAG.
SuperMicro CSE-825S2-R700LPV U2 Rackmountable eATX Case (700W PSU,
Silver) $750 x 2 = $1500
Sony DRU190A 20X DVD Rewritable Drive - 20x DVD±R
$40 x 2 = 80
Dynatron H53G 2U CPU Heatsink For Intel Xeon $50 x 4
= 200
Memory - 2GB DDR2 667 ECC Fully Buffered
$80 x 16 = 1280
Disk - Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD7500AYYS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB
Cache SATA $200 x 4 = 800
Here is a SWAG at what we'd need to put two 8-core 16GB systems with
logical mirroring 750GB storage. The cost is $3860 from the above.
I'd round up to $4000 for tax, shipping, etc.
We might be able to buy other systems for a lower price point.
I've rounded to be conservative on cost. I would Run Linux with
Xen and 4 VM's per server which would give us 8 server instances to
work from.
Cool. As long as Infra can pick them up and manage them, that's great.
In the past, we've always run into hardware/management issues in the
colo's that we've run the machines in. IMO, the more "standard" we are
the more likely that Infra will be able to administer/repair these
machines. Fewer headaches all the way around.
--kevan
