[geeks] FYI - Low cost Dell Opteron Servers

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Mar 26, 2008, at 21:58 , Lionel Peterson wrote:

>> From: Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>> Date: 2008/03/26 Wed PM 05:06:03 CDT
>> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>> Subject: Re: [geeks] FYI - Low cost Dell Opteron Servers
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>> If this machine will run 24/7, like every other PC I've built myself,
>> I'll be happy.
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> I wouldn't anticipate a problem, IIRC Mr. Bill was happy with his  
> Dell SC440 (Correct model? it was one of their low-end servers, much  
> like the T105 you and I ordered), and I've been very happy with the  
> few "baby servers" I have at home (I have a Dell PowerEdge 750 (1U  
> P4 server) that has run 24x7 for about three years +/-, without a  
> hiccup (behind a UPS). I recently upgraded the CPU to a 2.8 GHz P4  
> with Hyperthreading from a Celeron 2.4 GHz, and it made a big  
> difference ;^)
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> Bottom line, if the environment is not hostile, I think these units  
> perform just fine, esp. considering their price...

I might find out sooner than I thought.

My order status now says "Shipped", 5 days before their estimate.

Are they accurate?

Their order page is barely readable in Safari.

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