Most of mine I got through a Sun reseller. Some of mine I got off of
Ebay. You should be able to get them a lot cheaper than than retail web
pricing. :)
However, even full retail seems like it was a hell of a lot cheaper for
a v40z than a DL585. :)
On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 06:30 -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Cott Lang wrote:
>
> >Consider Sun's new line of Opterons. They've been around for a couple of
> >years under the Newisys name. I'm using dozens of them for web servers
> >and PG servers and so far both the v20z and v40z have been excellent
> >performers with solid reliability. The pricing was also competitive
> >since Sun is looking to break into the market.
> >
> >
> Really? I am not being sarcastic, but I found their prices pretty sad.
> Did you go direct or web purchase? I have thought about using them
> several times but....
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
>
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 14:24 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Folks,
> >>
> >>A lot of people have been having a devilish time with Dell hardware lately.
> >>
> >>It seems like the quality control just isn't there on the Dell servers.
> >>
> >>Thing is, some companies are required to use 1st-tier or at least 2nd-tier
> >>vendors for hardware; they won't home-build. For those people, what
> >>vendors
> >>do others on this list recommend? What have been your good/bad
> >>experiences?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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