[rescue] Re: wants to upgrade from a netra to some really big box

[Phil Stracchino]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 02:14:42AM -0500, vance at neurotica.com wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Robert Novak wrote:
> 
> > > I like the idea of selling my netra T105, and going for something
> > > thats a little heavier.. E450, E220R or E4500 wow.
> > >
> > > 1) Shipping to Canada from USA would most likely bankrupt me.
> > > 2) Just want to play with 8 cpu's of goodness.
> >
> > Well, 220 is 2cpu, 450 is 4cpu. For 8 cpus you need a 3000 or higher.
> >
> > I've sent stuff to MB and ON in the 40-70 range for under $75. So
> > depending on your financial condition, you might avoid bankruptcy.
> >
> > But you might still want to consider something from inside Canada.
> 
> I thought the E3000 was 6-CPU?


Well, you can fit 8 CPUs in if you skip an I/O board.

The difficulties resulting from this choice should be somewhat
self-evident.  :)


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