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 was offering to drop the price considerably given what the server is intended for -- Igor, correct me if I'm wrong. Cheers. -kelsey - sent from my blackberry - -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:07:48 To:KPLUG Steering Committee <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Server] 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* not U160 SCSI--the *total* SCSI bandwidth is less than *1* Serial ATA channel. Between the low FSB, the slow SCSI which is going obsolete, and your comments about being I/O bound, this is almost the ideal example of what we *don't* want to buy. A brand, new Dell 1U with Dual Core Intel® Pentium®D 915, 2.8GHz, 2x2MB Cache, 800MHz FSB retails at $900. Even if we go with Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 3040, 1.86GHz, 2MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB, it's only $1050. Ebay runs with $649 Buy It Now with a better machine with the same mobo: http://cgi.ebay.com/SuperMicro-1U-Server-2x-2-4Ghz-2GBR-2x73GBHD-P4DPR-6GM_W0QQitemZ110091643223QQihZ001QQcategoryZ1484QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://tinyurl.com/2s44q8 I'm not necessarily suggesting Dell (I have seen the horror stories), but it provides a basis for comparison. -a -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
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