Lucas wrote:
Any hardware recommendation guys?We are currently looking at the following list of dual-cpu rack mounts: Sun Fire V280R $ 14,995 x 60% (Higher Ed discount) = $8,997.00 (2 x 1.2 GHz UltraSPARC III, 2.0 GB RAM, 2 x 73 GB 10000 RPM SCSI drives, 10/100 Ethernet, Solaris 8 or 9) Apple XServe G5 $4,799.00 (list) (2 x 2.0 GHz PowerPC G5, 2.0 GB RAM, 2 x 80 GB 7200 RPM ATA drives, 2 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Max OS X) Dell PE 1750 $4,624.00 (list) (2 x 3.2 GHz Intel Xeon, 2.0 GB RAM, 2 x 73.0 GB 10000 RPM SCSI drives, 2 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet, no OS) HP ProLiant DL140 $4,745.00 (list) (2 x 3.2 GHz Intel Xeon, 2.0 GB RAM, 2 x 80 GB 7200 RPM ATA drives, 2 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet, no OS) HP ProLiant DL360 G3 $6,706.00 (list) (2 x 3.2 GHz Intel Xeon, 2.0 GB RAM, 2 x 72.8 GB 10000 RPM SCSI hot-pluggable drives, 2 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet, no OS) Or do you guys have other experience with other great machines?
I'm a DIY guy, so I have had *great* experiences with the machines that I have built. Do you have to buy it pre-built, or can you just purchase the components and self-assemble
Thanks. Lucas
--scott
