On 09/26/10 07:25 AM, Erik Trimble wrote:
On 9/25/2010 1:57 AM, Ian Collins wrote:
On 09/25/10 02:54 AM, Erik Trimble wrote:
Honestly, I've said it before, and I'll say it (yet) again: unless
you have very stringent power requirement (or some other unusual
requirement, like very, very low noise), used (or even new-in-box,
previous generation excess inventory) OEM stuff is far superior to
any build-it-yourself rig you can come up with. So much so, in fact,
that we should really consider the reference recommendation for a
ZFS fileserver to be certain configs of brand-name hardware, and NOT
try to recommend other things to folks.
Unless you live somewhere with a very small used server market that is!
But, I hear there's this newfangled thingy, called some darned fool
thing like "the interanets" or some such, that lets you, you know,
*order* things from far away places using one of those funny PeeCee
dood-ads, and they like, *deliver* to your door.
Have you ever had to pay international shipping to the other side of the
world on a second hand server?! Not all sellers will ship internationally.
I do bring in a lot of system components, but chassis aren't worth the cost.
--
Ian.
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