Re: [nlug] Server Suggestion

2011-01-17 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Gibson Prichard gib...@prichard.tvwrote: On 1/15/2011 2:29 PM, Andrew Farnsworth wrote: I'm looking to standup a simple server and want server hardware rather than just a white box. Performance is not really an issue but reliability and price are. Any

Re: [nlug] Server Suggestion

2011-01-17 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Bruce W. Martin marti...@gmail.com wrote: On Jan 16, 2011, at 12:56 PM, Mark J. Bailey wrote: That does look interesting Bruce. What customer experience has anyone had with the folk at geeks.com? reliable source? I know I have purchased from them but

RE: [nlug] Server Suggestion

2011-01-17 Thread Mark J. Bailey
Andrew, How was the T110 you were looking at spec'ed out?? Mark Mark J. BaileyJobsoft Design Development, Inc. 104 Arlington Place, Suite 100Franklin, TN 37064 EMAIL: mailto:m...@jobsoft.com

Re: [nlug] Server Suggestion

2011-01-17 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
Xeon 3430 quad core CPU w/ Virt w/o HT, 4 Gb RAM, 250 Gb SATA drive, no raid, no OS Basically a base model T110 and bump to 4Gb RAM and you have the config for $458. Andy On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Mark J. Bailey m...@jobsoft.com wrote: Andrew, How was the T110 you were looking at

[nlug] Re: Server Suggestion

2011-01-17 Thread df9
Does the university you have a surplus Outlet for there gear? Last year I got a Dell leading edge At UM Teripin trader for $50. The catch was the drives cost as much as An Apple home server each. Dan On Jan 15, 4:29 pm, Andrew Farnsworth farn...@gmail.com wrote: I'm looking to standup a simple

Re: [nlug] Re: Server Suggestion

2011-01-17 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
That is one thing I really like about the Dell T110. All standard parts. Non-parity RAM, standard SATA hard drives. Almost all of the used servers I have looked at use SCSI drives or SAS drives. Now I know SAS drives are not that expensive but at $120 for a 750 GB drive where SATA costs $70 for