[SunRescue] Re: New Netra

[Jason J. Horton]

Later down the same page, they say it doesnt:
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/netra_family.html#comp1

> The x1 has a pci slot. see the comparison chart: 
> 
> http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/netra_family.html 
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> 
> Bjrn Ramqvist writes: 
> 
> > The problem seems to be that the Netra X1 lacks of PCI-slot. The others
> > has one, but (probably) because of just that, the initial price rise to
> > a whopping $2.495. Ofcourse, then you get U2W-SCSI, but... 
> > 
> > Seriously, since it has 10/100 Ethernet (dual), wouldn't this little
> > neat'o box be a great low-cost NFS/Samba server for the small LAN? I
> > can't see any reason why it would be impossible to put 30 GB drives in
> > there... what's up next? 72 GB?
> > Ofourse, heat would probably play an important role here. 
> > 
> > /Bjorn 
> > 
> > mike dombrowski wrote:
> >> 
> >> Just saw the new Netra, all I can say is that thing is pimp daddy :).
> >> It looks like a _great_ little server at a fantastic price. How much
> >> were the previous Sun 1u boxes? It's not the fastest thing but if you
> >> wanna colo a sun for light duty web serving this is the way to do it.
> >> Who cares about the big Starfire and it's domanins, just buy racks of
> >> these. And the pci slot is nice. What do you guys think about it? I'm
> >> looking forward to buying one in about 4 years when they're $30 :). 
> >> 
> >> Mike
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