[geeks] Low-cost dual Opteron 1U server

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Jan 23, 2008, at 7:26 AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I came across this system and thought others might be interested in  
> it:
>
>  - IBM eServer 325
>  - dual 2.0 GHz Opteron (dual socket, both filled)
>  - 1 Gig DDR RAM (six slots, 12 Gig total)
>  - 2x hot-swap IDE HD trays
>  - 120 Gig IDE HD included
>  - dual Ethernet (10/100 I assume)
>  - on Solaris HCL
>
> for $199 from Geeks.com
>
> Link to item:
>
> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=8835Y11- 
> R&AID=10440852&CJPID=227502
>

Pretty sure it is dual broadcom Gigabit Ethernet.

I have one of these running Solaris 10 in 64bit mode (except with  
SCSI drive) and it has never given me any burps or bumps.

And it will take larger than 120G drives as well (ATA133 instead of  
ATA100 without LBA48)

> Link to Solaris HCL listing:
>
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/systems/details/812.html
>
> I would have posted this under the "Cheap, fast server" thread on  
> Rescue, but
> I agree with Joshua that this topic fits better under Geeks.
>
> Lionel
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Cordially

Patrick Giagnocavo
patrick at zill.net