USED hardware is your friend :) He wasn't quoting new prices.
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Brandon High <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
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