On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:20:53 -0600 Nathan Ingersoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On 1/30/06, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > PowerEdge 850 (1u): Pentium D Dual core 3.2Ghz 2x1MB L2 Cache, 2GB 667MHz > > DDR > > RAM, SATA Raid Controller, 2x250GB SATA 7200rpm Drives, 24x speed CD. > > Standard > > next business day on site warranty support (nothing special) = $2744 > > > > PowerEdge 1850 (2u): 3Ghz Xeon 2MB L2 Cache x 2, 2GB 400Mhz DDR RAM, SCSI > > Raid > > Controller, 2x146GB SCSI 10000rpm Drives, 24x speed CDROM. Standard next > > business day on site warranty support (nothing special) = $4272 > > > These seem like reasonable systems, but the 1850 is actually a 1U system. i thought about it - and really.. do we need a 2u? a 1u should do... ? to save a fair bit of cost... > The 2850 is the 2U. I'd lean towards the 2U system as we have more room to > add drives as we can afford to. I configured it with an embedded RAID > controller with three 73 GB drives in a RAID 5 configuration and it came out > closer to $3500. hmm. > I am a little concerned about making a decision without some information on > what traffic levels we should be expecting and a base system to compare > against. Unfortunately, SF doesn't provide CVS statistics. We pretty much > have one shot to get this right, if we find the system is under-powered > we're stuck with an expensive mirror. yup - thats a problem - but what can we do? > Anyway - so what do you guys think? to me it seesm as if we have a target of > > about $3500 to meet at this stage (we need some extra for shipping and > > handling, and then some extra in the kitty for when warranty runs out and > > we > > need new parts or we need to ship someone up to the server to fix it etc. > > or > > whatever - i also just like over-estimating costs and coiming out with a > > pleasant surprise) > > > > This seems like a reasonable goal, and we can fish around for any available > discounts or donations until we reach that point. i'm checking up on edu discount etc. too -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
