Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade wrote: > On Dec 20, 2006, at 2:40 PM, James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > >> New is definitely nice, but I agree with RE that we should consider >> simpler upgrade possibilities, and do some cost comparisons. > > The current KPLUG server is old enough that upgrades would likely cost > enough as to warrant spending the extra money and just replacing the > system outright. >
I'm not averse to spending more than the minimum on the premise of subjective or speculative benefits, but thought it would be nice to at least ball-park the numbers. If a minimum upgrade were to be merely a GB of ram and a couple of commodity 100GB hard drives, then it surely wouldn't cost more than about $400. If you were envisioning a mobo changeout, well, that is something else, I guess -- but I was assuming that the ram+disk infusion would get us by for a couple of years (an assumption worth poking at). If we're talking about the difference between $400 and $2000, then I'd kinda like to see the arguments that the minimum upgrade is inadequate, or limiting wrt planned improvements requiring more horsepower, or overlooks incipient problems elsewhere in the "one-horse-shay", or unrealistic in some other way. If it comes down to something like ..well, we might be spending $1000 more that we _could_ get by on, but it makes me/us feel better, and it _might_ turn out wise if worst-case reliability estimates hold for the old system, or greater demand/opportunity options materialize unexpectedly.. then I don't mind making that conscious decision. I just think I'd like to estimate the cost of the decision I was making <grin>. Regards, ..jim (who unexpectedly shows an interest in anti hand-waving) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
