[rescue] ECC [was: Re: WOT: Ebay changes to IBM from Sun E10K servers?]

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Scott Newell <newell at cei.net> wrote:
> I wonder...every once in a while I run across a discussion of what
> qualifies as a workstation vs. a personal computer'.  How about the
> ability to use ECC memory?  I rarely see lower end FeeCee class
> machines with ECC memory, yet it seems quite common on the Sun,
> SGI, IBM, and HP iron.

Dell servers can take/use ECC memory down to the (say) $600/server
level - it is not that uncommon - they tend to have compromised
graphics options (for use as a desktop), but ECC memory isn't that rare
in low end PC servers.

Dell 1600SC server ( see
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?CS=04&kc=6W300&oc=s20507
) uses ECC RAM
(http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=Dell%2BPowerEdge&mfr=Dell&cat=RAM&model=PowerEdge+1600SC&submit=Go
) and sells for about $599 (and is SCSI-based with a 36 Gig Ultra 320
drive)...


=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976

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