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Subject: Re: Rackmount MP AMD boxes?
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At Sun, 15 May 2005 12:42:03 +0800,
Erich Dollansky wrote:
> gnn@freebsd.org wrote:
> > Anyone got one they like?
> > 
> > I am looking for something to develop FreeBSD on, in particular
> > network code so it needs to be able to be serial debugged and have
> > room for multiple NICs.  1 or 2U.
> > 
> It depends on your budget.
> 
> I use Tyan motherboards and do my own machines if it should be cheap.
> 

I'm thinking $2000 total, board, box, processors, memory and a disk.
I'd like to go lower of course but doubt it since I want two
processors ;-)

> If money does not limit you, Sun has some nice Fire boxes with 2 or 4 
> CPUs (V20z & V40z).

Heh.

Thanks,
George