On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:17 PM, MJang <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > > Not quite on the topic of home-brew quad cores, I've been looking at the > Dell PowerEdge T110 or maybe the T310 (hoping for a special for Cyber > Monday) > > > http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/poweredge-t110?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04 > > http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/servers/server-poweredge-t310/pd.aspx?refid=server-poweredge-t310&s=bsd&cs=04 > > People here have knocked good sense into me before w/r/t hardware, and > I'm hoping y'all can do the same if needed with respect to these > options. > > But for now, I'm a little tired of running low on memory every time I > have more than a couple of VMware systems going. My current system (an > eBay home brew - is coming up on 5 years) is limited to 2GB. > > Yup, the RAM for such servers is more expensive, but perhaps c'est la > vie w/r/t servers? I may need to experiment with some VMware ESXi, and > appreciate the bare metal capabilities, so I have little confidence in > my ability to set up a home brew with such compatibility. > > I also appreciate the no-OS options for these systems, along with the > known compatibility with the standard Linux server OSes. > > Your comments will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >
Mike, I have a Power Edge 1425 SC and it's been rock solid for nearly 4 years. Parts can be spendy through Dell but well worth the investment. Drew- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
