[wellylug] Computer System Vendor Wgtn

Mark Foster blakjak at blakjak.net
Sat Apr 21 14:26:47 NZST 2007



On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, Jethro Carr wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 16:52 -0700, Brent Wood wrote:
>> --- Rob <rob at kiwihq.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Having seen first hand the baking ovens, anechoic chambers etc used in
>>> doing the grueling testing Sun does on it's servers I can definitely say
>>> that buying from the big guys helps. The small players simply can't
>>> warrant the expenditure on doing this rigorous type of testing.
>>
>> Hmm. The question related to a pretty simple home PC. Are you really suggesting
>> Sun have a realistic offering for this market? Or that this level of testing &
>> price is a good idea for a home PC?
>
> Mark was also requesting for suggestions for a telehoused box - ie: a
> server.
>
> A Sun server is indeed very nice reliable hardware. :-)
>

Indeed, and well out of my league.

For the telehoused system, budget is a very strong player; otherwise i'd 
be getting something in the rack-mount variety.  I'm thinking about 
spending around $400.    The arrangement I was offered for hosting in 
Wellington was able to accomodate a non-rack-style case... likewise the 
arrangement I currently have in Auckland did it for me.  Its nice to know 
people. :)

(My ghetto-colo is not regarded as production-grade from a corporate POV. 
Its a hobby box, paid for largely out of my own pocket...)

Mark.




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