On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Erik Trimble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thought on this: for a small server, which is unlikely to ever be CPU > bound, I would suggest looking for an older dual-Socket 940 Opteron > motherboard. They almost all have many PCI-X slots, and single-core > Opterons are dirt cheap. PC3200 DDR1 ECC ram is also cheap too. > > Tyan/Supermicro dual-Socket 940 motherboard: < $200 > Opteron 252 (2.4Ghz) + heatsink < $75 > Opteron 280 (dual-core 2.4Ghz) + heatsink < $180 > 4x1GB ECC DDR1 PC3200 ram < $150
I've actually done the math, and while your statement may have been true a few months ago, it doesn't appear to be the case anymore. Right now Newegg shows the Opteron 285 for $389, or the 880 for $694. The cheapest ECC DDR RAM is $40 per GB. The least expensive Socket 940 board with a PCI-X slot is the TYAN S2881UG2NR at $419. Call it $960 (with a single 285 cpu) vs. $399 for the AM2 pieces. I'd check prices on a single socket 939 Opteron with a suitable motherboard, but neither appear to be available anymore. -B -- Brandon High [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The good is the enemy of the best." - Nietzsche _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
