Matt Hogstrom wrote:
I did a quick search on the web for what it would take to build two
systems. Here is the initial SWAG.
SuperMicro CSE-825S2-R700LPV U2 Rackmountable eATX Case (700W PSU,
Silver) $750 x 2 = $1500
Sony DRU190A 20X DVD Rewritable Drive - 20x
DVD±R $40 x 2 = 80
Dynatron H53G 2U CPU Heatsink For Intel
Xeon $50 x 4 = 200
Memory - 2GB DDR2 667 ECC Fully
Buffered $80 x 16 = 1280
Disk - Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD7500AYYS 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache
SATA $200 x 4 = 800
Here is a SWAG at what we'd need to put two 8-core 16GB systems with
logical mirroring 750GB storage. The cost is $3860 from the above. I'd
round up to $4000 for tax, shipping, etc.
We might be able to buy other systems for a lower price point. I've
rounded to be conservative on cost. I would Run Linux with Xen and 4
VM's per server which would give us 8 server instances to work from.
Thoughts welcome.
Motherboard Information
http://shopper.cnet.com/cases/supermicro-cse-825s2-r700lpv/4014-3030_9-31954268.html
Heatsink Information
http://www.netfreez.com/?p=catalog&mode=search&search_in=tags&searchstr=xeon
DVD Information
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3569869&CatId=482
Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208200
Disk
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136144
Matt,
This is great detail. Thanks for pulling it together. I think it would
be great if we could build and donate those machines ... but from some
discussions with infra it seems they would prefer to order machines
directly. That way they can call in for support as the owners of the
machines and they can ensure that they meet all of their requirements
for power supplies, rack dimensions, rails, etc ... plus have some
general standards in the configuration. Anything we can do to make
their life easier is a plus.
I will use your detailed analysis for the request though, which I plan
to have in a proposal on this list very soon.
Thanks,
Joe
