[geeks] Thumper wannabe? (a few more low cost x86 server)

[Mark]

On 24 Jan 2008, at 13:40, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Just came across this server:
>
> - Dual 3.06 GHz Xeons on an Intel MB
> - 2 Gigs or RAM (PC-3200 DDR)
> - Dual Ethernet
> - 12x 250 Gig IDE HDs (3 TB total raw storage) on 12 port RAID  
> controller
> - Triple-redundant power supply
> - 3U design
>
> $829.95 + $1.95 for S/H from Justdeals.com (I've bought from them in  
> the past,
> always went well)
>
> Link: http://justdeals.com/Items/GS_SVR-C8G?sck=46180970
>
> This server struck me as a "Ghetto version" of Sun's Thumper server...

Just a run-of the mill NAS or Database server really. Spreading data  
out over an array of smaller drives vastly improves transfer speeds,  
and also 12 disks is a pifflingly small number compared to the 48 that  
the X4500 will carry. If I had a separate room/building for my servers  
I'd have somethig like this setup myself.


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