I have a couple of Sun X1s...and they are indeed nice little units,
especially given the price.
The Appro 1124 is a nice box...although it's more expensive than the Sun
box. It's a nice 1U chasssis with four (4!) hot-swap drive bays and the
Tyan Athlon MP motherboard. http://www.appro.com/1124/index.html
-marc
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, R.P. Aditya wrote:
> > Take a look at the new 1400 series from iXsystems (www.ixsystems.net --
> > formerly BSDi, formerly Telenet) and the Dell 1550. I've tested both systems
> > and was impressed by both. If you're buying more than a few machines, Dell
> > has some very aggressive pricing.
>
> What I'd like to see is a box like the Sun Netra x1
>
> http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/netrax/
>
> that I can run FreeBSD on --
>
> - single PII 233
> - 1U (compact) 19" rack-mountable
> - no video, just RJ-45 RS232 port
> - 2 onboard 10/100 ethernets
> - 1 IDE drive is fine
> - 256MB of RAM
>
> for $995.
>
> I've even (*gasp*) considered buying the Netra x1 because I can't find a
> compact 1U FreeBSD for $995 with the remote, lights-out management type
> features this thing has.
>
> Adi
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