On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 09:34:24AM -0700, Jimmy Wales wrote:
Nick Reinking wrote:
Well, I do agree that a single kickass machine
would probably help the
most, you really can't get something that kickass for $3000, especially
in a rackmountable format. I think it will be much cheaper and more
cost effective upgrading pliny, if possible. $3000 will just not buy
you a dual Athlon 2800/4GB DDR/2x 72GB SCSI disk rackmountable machine.
No, but if you're willing to settle for
a dual Athlon 2200/4GB DDR/2x 36GB SCSI disk rackmountable machine,
the price is $3276 from PenguinComputing, and likely less elsewhere.
So, that's pretty good, huh?
It is reasonable, and you can't get much better for cheaper elsewhere,
but you're really looking at (I'm assuming you're talking about the
Atlus 140 server with:
Dual Athlon 2200+ CPUs
+ 4GB PC2100 DDR memory
+ 2x 36GB SCA hard drives
- No warranty
- No rackmount kit
- No gigabit ethernet (this would be very nice...)
This runs $3280 for me. I believe there will also be sales tax added to
this price (for being in CA). I'm not sure if it is worth that much
money for what adds up to being 20% faster processors, 2GB of memory
extra, and an extra 36GB hard drive.
Here is what I think the best way to go would be:
Relion 130 server with:
2x Xeon 2.4GHz
512MB PC2100 (2x256MB)
+ 2x 40GB IDE hard drives
+ Free gigabit ethernet
- No warranty
- No rackmount kit
This server runs $1954, and I think would make a great replacement for
larousse. Now, assuming that pliny can be upgraded, I'd get (prices
from NewEgg):
2x Athlon MP 2800 Barton: $500
4x 1GB PC2100 ECC: $1200
36GB 15k RPM SCSI hard disk: $300
Gigabit ethernet card: $50
Now, assuming pliny currently has ECC memory in it, we move the 2GB
currently in it to the new machine.
That way, we end up with:
pliny (database server only):
2x Athlon MP 2800
4GB PC2100 DDR
2x 36GB SCSI disks (1x 15000, 1x 10000)
Gigabit ethernet
larousse (web server only):
2x Xeon 2.4GHz
2GB PC2100 DDR
2x 40GB IDE disks
Gigabit ethernet
newserver (mail + backup + misc):
1x PIII 866MHz
2GB PC133
1x 36GB SCSI disk
10/100 ethernet
I'd then directly connect pliny and larousse over gigabit ethernet with
a crossover cable. It's more expensive than $4000, but I think this
configuration would at least make a significant performance difference.
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Nick Reinking -- eschewing obfuscation since 1981 -- Minneapolis, MN