[geeks] Inventories and Wish Lists (again)

[Chris Byrne]

Ahhh I hadnt put the SAN in for that or software. If we're talking
fiberchannel then even the smallest SAN on well used gear is going to blow
through 10 grand in a second and realistically I cant see one for less than
20 unless you get your stuff at a bankruptcy auction. And software costs...
those could be infinite. I was just talking about the machines themselves.

I figure you can get a reasonable render farm going with a bunch of SS10,
SS20, or maybe U1's or even with the intel based solutions for not very much
cash for the machines themselves. I knew of a liquidator who had something
like 100 U1-170Es and 200s with 128-512m each pulled form a telco, all
working but in generally cruddy shape, all with ethernet and FDDI. He was
willing to let them go as a lot for ?10k, or for ?200-300 each.  Software is
another matter entirely though as is the networking required to hook them
all together.

Chris Byrne

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf
> Of Joshua D Boyd

> Anyway, but I'm drifting.  If it was just SS10s or lots of 4/600s, running
> a free renderer, the rack probably wouldn't be too costly.  Still
> there are
> other cost problem areas, like OS and dev tools for the Crays.
>
> And where the heck are you going to find an adequate SAN setup
> for that kinda
> money?
>
> Anyway, back to work, so that I can continue working towards the dream
> setup.
>
> --
> Joshua D. Boyd
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