[rescue] RE: Why would anyone buy a VALinux box???

[Ken Hansen]

Reagen,

I appreciate your point of view, and I can see where you are coming from, but to answer your (retorical) question: Value.

If Sun Microsystems announced they were going to shut down their hardware division, would that cause you to not consider deals on the remaining invnetory of Sun Blade 1000s?

VALinux has stated they will stand behind their systems for the full warranty period (12 months) - after that I am on my own... (I was going to be on my own anyway, after the warranty runs out) And we are talking about commodity PC hardware, not custom hardware, like, say SS/1000 RAM.

I was going to get a Gateway server for $750 with much lesser specifications, but with a 3-year warranty. The chance to upgrade to a 1U server w/dual P/III 750 CPUs, SCSI HD and 512 Meg ECC RAM for $800 was too good to pass up, IMHO. I hope I can score some of that low-priced RAM they offer on the custom-configured systems ($90 for a 512 Meg ECC SIMM, the box can take up to 4 SIMMs). So $800 (2x P/III 750 MHz, 512 Meg, 18 Gig SCSI HD) + $270 (3x 512 Meg SIMMs) = one serious little server for Sun Blade type money.

Is it a Sun Blade? No. But for certain applications it could be superior. (ducks... ;^)

Ken

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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 16:02:36 -0500
From: ward at zilla.nu
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [Re: [rescue] Link to listing of Comdisco sale items...]
Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org

Why anyone would buy a VA box these days I have no clue.  They're
leaving the hardware market.

Reagen