> No, that's reasonably priced. Now the issue will be > finding somewhere to put it. I may not have a > datacenter for my system, but space is still an issue > :P
Indeed, in today's computing environment, two most precious resources are space and energy consumption. A close running third is noise pollution, regulated by law in some countries. When you add these together, even in the context of a hobbyst home user/researcher/developer, the price of the computers is the smallest portion of the pie. Apropos space, if you look around on ebay for example, you should be able to nab a nice, industry-grade 19" full size rack for about $300-$600 USD. Recommended placement location is the basement of course... if you have one. 20A circuit or circuits help too. For about $12 USD you can get the necessary materials to do the electrical wiring for a 20A circuit. And if you want to do everything right, a 5kW generator will run you about $1,000 USD. UPS -- your milage might vary, they can be expensive. I know this is probably more than you intend, but I'm just throwing options out there based on my own experiences and costs. Maybe they will be of help to someone. > I don't suppose you have specific SPARC systems that > would be highly recommended if you can find them > used? I know some of the older ones are not a great > idea... V100s or V120s will do. They have everything one might want: dual drives, ALOM, two NIC interfaces, and are rack mountable with relatively low power consumption and the right ebay price. If you get lucky, you might be able to nab a V210 for about $450 USD on ebay, but you'll have to hunt. V240s would be a dream, but those are usually sold by greedy resellers who still haven't woken up and think they will actually get $2,000 - $3,000 for those, which is just rediculous and incredibly naive. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
