[geeks] Re: [rescue] Re: Sad end to SGI Power Challenge XL story

[Big Endian]

>On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 09:51:03AM -0800, Peter L. Wargo wrote:
>
>>  1) Really cheap: SS1000 with 85MHz modules.  *great server*, and almost 10
>>  years old.
>
>I thought those looked like nice machines, but I didn't know that could pump
>that much data.  Not that I can currently afford anything that can pump that
>much data.
>

Not to troll or anything but I think that the challenge is actually a 
better value.

>  > 2) Cheap: E4000 or 4500 with 4 250MHz 1M cache CPU's (cheap!), and a
>>  metric buttload of I/O boards.  each I/O board has 100Mbit ether, 4SBUS
>>  slots, 2 spots for FC GBICs, and a FW SCSI.
>>
>>  I still think that the E4000/4500 may be the best system *ever* made by
>>  Sun.
>
>They sound cool.  They certainly are expensive though.

This is *WAY* out of the challenge's league I would think.  But 
you're right they are *BEAUTIFUL* machines.

daniel
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