Re: [MLUG] Unix Epoch Time

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Jonathan King wrote:

>      A 16-processor 3700 with 16GB of memory costs $305,000, and a
>      64-processor system with 64GB of memory costs $1 million,
>      according to SGI."
>
> Now, obviously this is a sensational deal when you consider that you
> *also* get Dave Lloyd jetting out to your location whenever anything
> goes wrong, but this is still, alas, a pretty high multiple of my
> salary. :-)


We have 48 processors.  But here's how we do it:  leasing!  That way you
don't have to come up with the million all at once and you don't invest
your income in a machine that will rapidly decline in value (as they *all*
do, especially the best ones!).  So, Jon, I'd think you could afford to
lease one for a weekend, or at least for a few hours early on a Sunday
morning.  ;-)

Mike
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