[wellylug] Computer System Vendor Wgtn

[Jethro Carr]

On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 14:26 +1200, Mark Foster wrote:
> 
> 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...)

If you have/know someone with an account with Dove, you can get some
really cheap PC kits for under $400. (ie: you gets all the parts & need
to put them together).

Or find some friends who also want to get a colo box, divide the cost of
a rackmount server amongst you all, and runs a VM for each person. :-)


-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?cms=blog

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