Re: Server shipments [was Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call]

From: Larry McVoy (lm@bitmover.com)
Date: Mon Feb 24 2003 - 23:37:55 EST


On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 08:21:57PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> > So how many CPUs do you think you get in a $9K server?
>
> Not sure. Average by price is probably 4 or a little over.

Nope. For $12K you can get
        4x 1.9Ghz
        512MB
        No networking
        1 disk
        No operating system

That's as cheap as it gets. And I don't know about you, but I have a
tough time believing that anyone buys a 4 CPU box without an OS, without
networking, with .5GB of ram, and with one disk.

If you think you are getting a realistic 4 CPU server for $9K from
a vendor, you're dreaming.

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Larry McVoy            	 lm at bitmover.com           http://www.bitmover.com/lm 
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