Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-30 Thread John D Groenveld
In message <4f7571de.7080...@netdemons.com>, Erik Trimble writes: >Oracle (that is, if Oracle hasn't completely stopped selling support >contracts for Solaris for non-Oracle hardware already). Still available on Oracle Store: https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/f?p=dstore:product:2091882785479247:

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-30 Thread Erik Trimble
On 3/24/2012 4:54 PM, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: laotsu said: well check this link https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/product?p1=3DSunFireX4270M2server&p2=3D&p= 3=3D&p4=3D&sc=3Docom_x86_SunFireX4270M2server&tz=3D-4:00 you may not like the price Hahahah! Thanks for

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-26 Thread John D Groenveld
In message , Bob Friesenhahn writes: >Almost all of the systems listed on the HCL are defunct and no longer >purchasable except for on the used market. Obtaining an "approved" >system seems very difficult. In spite of this, Solaris runs very well >on many non-approved modern systems. http://w

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-24 Thread The Honorable Senator and Mrs . John Blutarsky
laotsu said: > well check this link > > https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/product?p1=3DSunFireX4270M2server&p2=3D&p= > 3=3D&p4=3D&sc=3Docom_x86_SunFireX4270M2server&tz=3D-4:00 > > you may not like the price Hahahah! Thanks for the laugh. The dual 10Gbe PCI card breaks my budget. I'm not going t

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-24 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012, Sandon Van Ness wrote: This is a very nice chasis IMHO for a desktop machine: http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/743/SC743TQ-865-SQ.cfm I own the same chassis. However, when the system was delivered, it was quite loud. The problem was isolated to using the c

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-24 Thread Sandon Van Ness
This is a very nice chasis IMHO for a desktop machine: http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/743/SC743TQ-865-SQ.cfm I use it for my workstation at work. Supermicro makes very high quality chasis. I got this for under $300 USD when I bought mine. You can also get rails and take off its

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-24 Thread Jim Klimov
2012-03-24 2:02, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: Obtaining an "approved" system seems very difficult. Because of the list being out of date and so the systems are no longer available, or because systems available now don't show

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: Obtaining an "approved" system seems very difficult. Because of the list being out of date and so the systems are no longer available, or because systems available now don't show up on the list? Sun was slow to update

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-23 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (LaoTsao) Ph.D
well check this link https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/product?p1=SunFireX4270M2server&p2=&p3=&p4=&sc=ocom_x86_SunFireX4270M2server&tz=-4:00 you may not like the price Sent from my iPad On Mar 23, 2012, at 17:16, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: > On Fri Mar 23 at 10:0

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-23 Thread The Honorable Senator and Mrs . John Blutarsky
On Fri Mar 23 at 10:06:12 2012 laot...@gmail.com wrote: > well > use component of x4170m2 as example you will be ok > intel cpu > lsi sas controller non raid > sas 72rpm hdd > my 2c That sounds too vague to be useful unless I could afford an X4170M2. I can't build a custom box and I don't have th

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-23 Thread The Honorable Senator and Mrs . John Blutarsky
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: > > > > This will be a do-everything machine. I will use it for development, hosting > > various apps in zones (web, file server, mail server etc.) and running other > > systems (like a Solaris 11 t

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-22 Thread Eric D. Mudama
On Thu, Mar 22 at 18:30, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm thinking about spending around 1,250 USD for a tower format (desk side) server with RAM but without disks. I'd like to have 16G ECC RAM as a minimum and ideally 2 or 3 times that amount and I'

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-22 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (LaoTsao) Ph.D
well use component of x4170m2 as example you will be ok intel cpu lsi sas controller non raid sas 72rpm hdd my 2c Sent from my iPad On Mar 22, 2012, at 14:41, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: >> >> This will be a do-everything m

Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-22 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: This will be a do-everything machine. I will use it for development, hosting various apps in zones (web, file server, mail server etc.) and running other systems (like a Solaris 11 test system) in VirtualBox. Ultimately I

[zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?

2012-03-22 Thread The Honorable Senator and Mrs . John Blutarsky
Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm thinking about spending around 1,250 USD for a tower format (desk side) server with RAM but without disks. I'd like to have 16G ECC RAM as a minimum and ideally 2 or 3 times that amount and I'd like for the case to have room for at least 6 drives, more would be better but