[geeks] value of PIII PC servers

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 @ 10:45 -0400, Joshua Boyd said:

> On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 10:28:31AM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> 
> > My plans may have changed a bit.  I got a U2 with 1GB RAM and 2 300MHz
> > CPUs for $40 today.  Will cost $40 to ship it, but I can live with that.
> > Shipping always you.
> > 
> > As long as the machine is in good working order, I'll probably have it
> > doing real work for at least a couple of years.
> > 
> > $40 / 24 = $1.60 per month.
> 
> Don't you mean $80 and $3.20?  Ya gotta count shipping in there as well.

Yeah, I only make blindingly obvious errors... :)

> I'd say you found a winner.  I have a E250 with 2x300 and I'm led to
> believe that performance wise they are very similar.  I love the E250.
> Very speed in general.  UW for the internal disks doesn't feel so fast
> any more though, so if one has the money and space, I expect that a
> E220R and external disks, or a U2 w/ FC-AL or a pair of UW cards and
> external disks might be better. 

Yep.

I wish the U2 had faster SCSI.  Most of the older PC servers have at
least U160, which is quite a bit snappier.

However, I wanted a Sun to replace my Suns I am retiring anyway, so I
just decided to get this one.

Now I will go back to hawking for a PC server.  Eventually I guess I'll
find something, I hope.

Yesterday a Dell Poweredge 2400 with dual 867MHz CPUs and 2GB of RAM
sold for $99, plus $50 shipping.  

I think that's probably a good deal, especially since I can't seem to
find the lowball deals other people claim to find. Most such machines
sell for $300 or more.

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