As we always say in Technology... it depends! What country are you in? That makes a difference. How much buying power do you have? I work for a Fortune 100 Company and we -- absurdly -- pay about 60% off retail when we buy servers. Are you buying a bunch at once?
You best bet is to contact 3 or 4 VAR's to get quotes. They'll offer you add-on services, like racking, cabling, configuring servers, etc. You can decide if it's worth it. The bottom line, there is no correct answer to your question. ;) On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Sambit Tripathy <[email protected]> wrote: > Any rough ideas how much this would cost? Actually I kinda require a > budget approval and need to put some rough figures in $ on the paper. Help! > > 1. 6 X 2 TB hard disk JBOD, 2 quad cores, 24-48 GB RAM. > 2. I rack mount unit > 3. I gbe switch for the rack > 4. 10 gbe switch for the network > > Regards, > Sambit Tripathy. > > > On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Michael Segel >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> While we have a rough metric on spindles to cores, you end up putting a >>> stress on the disk controllers. YMMV. >>> >> >> This is an important comment. >> >> Some controllers fold when you start pushing too much data. Testing >> nodes independently before installation is important. >> >> >
