[rescue] wanted: 1U or 2U x86 box

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> Date: 2004/04/17 Sat PM 05:15:37 GMT
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [rescue] wanted: 1U or 2U x86 box
> 
> Anybody have a nice Dell or Compaq 1U or 2U rackmount box
> they'll let go cheap?  I don't need super-fast (<1Ghz will do).

New Dell 1U servers are well, WELL under $1K now - see:

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/rack_optimized?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

$699 for IDE-based PowerEdge 650, $799 for SATA-based PowerEdge 750 - both w/ 2 GHz Celeron, 256 Meg RAM & 40 Gig HD, w/3 years support and free shipping...

Just a datapoint...