RE: [MLUG] server purchase

["Matthew Ross" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> PowerEdge 4600:            Intel® Xeon. Processor at 2.8GHz, 
> 512K Cache
> Additional Processors:     Intel® Xeon. Processor at 2.8GHz, 
> 512K Cache
> Memory:                    4GB DDR SDRAM  4 x 1GB
> Keyboard:                  Standard Windows Keyboard,Gray
EVIL!!! ;-)

> Monitors:                  No Monitor Option
> 1st Hard Drive:            36GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI Hard Drive
> Primary Controller:        PERC3/Di 128MB (2 Internal 
> Channels) - Embedded RAID
> Diskette Drive:            3.5in,1.44MB FLOPPY DRIVE
> Operating Systems:         NO OS - O = OTHER
> Mouse:                     Logitec System Mouse,Gray
> Network Adapters:          2X INTEL PRO 1000XT,CU-GB,NIC
Surprisingly, some servers have these on the motherboard. If this is the case, pray it never fails.

> CDROM or DVDROM:           8X DVD-ROM
> Hard Drive Backplane:      1X8 Hot-Pluggable Hard Drive Backplane
Nice :-)
That can come in very handy. Excuses for downtime are narrowing down to just Windows crashes, and hacks. With good security, downtime due to hacks are rare, and if you use something other than windows... Seems to me, we may soon see the day when a server runs for 10-15 years without stopping while its "body" changes around it.

> Documentation:             Hard Copy Documentation
> 2nd Hard Drive:            36GB 15K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI Hard 
> Drive, PowerEdge
> Hard Drive Configuration:  Embedded RAID 1,No Drives in Media 
> Bay (2 drives required)
> Chassis Orientation:       Tower Orientation
> Hardware Support Services: 3Yr Same Day 4Hr Response Parts + 
> Onsite Labor (M-F 8am-6pm)
> Power Supply Kits:         Redundant Power Supplies
Also nice. This has a dual advantage. If one fails, you can keep running, but also it means you can use separate UPS's in case one of them fails.

> Installation Support Services:  No Installation
> 
> 
> So it's a dual 2.8 GHz Xeon with 4 GB RAM and 72 GB hard 
> disk.  The RAM
> can be increased to as much as 12 GB (currently for about $500/GB) and
> many hard disks could be added but Jeff has plans for a 
> different sort of
> external disk array.

That will go down quickly enough. I'm surprised there aren't 5gb chips out yet. They shouldn't be that hard to make, there just doesn't seem to be enough demand.

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