[geeks] Compuholics anonymous

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 01:05:02PM -0400, Sridhar the POWERful wrote:

> > > Nowhere near that much usually.  S/390 G1's can be had for
> > > $1000-$2000. That's enough power for most people.
> >
> > Where does one find such a system? Does this include all necessary
> 
> Software?  Probably not.  DASD, for $2000, certainly, although it will be
> a smaller one.

Now, correct me I'm wrong, but he could still run linux on it without any 
other software licenses, right?  So it would still make a server with massive
IO, it just wouldn't allow the cool partitioning tricks.

> > software and things like DASD? How big physically are the smallest
> > G1s? Would older mainframes be smaller/cheaper? What are good
> 
> All G1's are the same size.  They are double-wide 27" racks.  The DASD
> controller is a 27" rack, as is each DASD itself.  The controllers can
> talk to a If you want a tape drive, that's another one.  Older mainframes
> would likely be cheaper, but larger.  They would also consume more power.


$1-$2k is a lot less than I would have expected.  The size requirements on 
them are about what I'd expected though, so I don't have to be rich, I just 
have to find myself a really large house.  Maybe those missle silos aren't
such a bad idea after all.

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Joshua D. Boyd