Rack rate = list price = MSRP etc. With something like the HP N40L, you can get a compromise between a regular server and a low power/low noise system. They can fit up to 6 disks, 16GB RAM, remote access control etc.
Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Katherine Moss Sent: Monday, 10 December 2012 12:06 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: List server hardware upgrade I disagree with you there. I have a beautiful server, and I'm keeping it for as long as it will last. Same with my Dell Latitude. Unless I upgrade it to like the T420 or the R520 later, I'm not ditching my T110. And besides, you guys seem to forget that dell has put a lot of work into making the servers fresh air compliant, so not as much intense cooling is needed nowadays. And I've never noticed either a noise or a power problem with my server either making too much noise or drawing too much power. I mean, my family say that they notice it, but it doesn't bother them. And not to mention, the fact that I like noisy server environments is a plus for me; I function better when I can hear the equipment running than when I can't. It's weird, but it's true. And what's rack rate, by the way? I've never heard of it. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 7:42 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: List server hardware upgrade The problem with that is that it stuffs you from a servicability perspective. You never know what parts are under what maintenance contract. We just buy the machines and run them for three years and then e-bay them. I am always reluctant to change the hw config as there is always some sort of drama involved with CPU steppings not matching or RAM blah blah blah that ends up being more trouble than it is worth. Changing the hardware config also invalidates any burn in you do as well. The chassis pricing is always the enticing thing. You end up blowing massive amounts of cash on RAM and storage - the rack rate on those 720xds was something just over $40K each (not that anyone pays rack rate). For home, I'd never run a server. They chew too much power, put out too much heat and make way too much noise. You can run a lot of VMs on a small form factor Optiplex with i7 + 16 GB of RAM in it. On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Katherine Moss <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Prices aren't too bad if you minimally configure and then upgrade later. I have a T110 at home, and I'm going to be upping it's RAM soon. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 6:06 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: List server hardware upgrade On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Katherine Moss <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dang. Did you guys just upgrade or something? Those things are crazy. I love Dell though, and the PowerEdge line is awesome! Just refreshed two of our production boxes with those. PowerEdge is good - esp for the price. The main reason why buy Dell hardware is Pro Support.
