[geeks] Server Suggestions...

[John Francini]

Have you looked at the Dell *2900* server?  A 4 GB-ram, dual power
supply set-up with all the goodies you want (and no OS) seems to be
#1959 before VAT & shipping from dell.co.uk's small-business portal,
after an #504 discount from list.

Dual-quad core 2.66 GHz 1333MHz FSB, 2xMB cache
4 GB RAM
Integrated SAS/SATA controller -- can be set up to do RAID 0 or 1
controller
2x250 GB SATA HD
Tower chassis
Dual hot-plug power supplies
Embedded dual gigabit Ethernet NICs with TCP Offload Engine
16x DVD+-RW drive
DRAC 5 (lights-out remote management card

You can always add more drives from other sources.


Disclaimer: Yes, I work for Dell -- their recently-acquired (2008)
EqualLogic storage array business in Nashua, NH to be precise.  I do
most of the Dell server buying for our engineering group, so I'm
pretty familiar with the variety of offerings they have.  However, I'm
an engineer, and a geek, and I just want to help out.

John





On 29 Jan 2009, at 11:34, Mark Benson wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 10:38 -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> Much sooner IBM than HPaq.
>
> Is it worth even looking at Sun x64 servers? They are all rack-
> optimised
> which is kind of a bugger, but I do trust and love Sun equipment.
>
> --
> Mark Benson
> http://markbenson.org/blog
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