Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 23:33:54 -0600 From: Ken Gunderson <kgunders@teamcool.net> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rackmount MP AMD boxes? Message-ID: <4286DF42.9080702@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: <m27ji1xdq5.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> References: <m28y2hxitg.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> <4286D31B.9040800@pacific.net.sg> <m27ji1xdq5.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com>
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gnn@freebsd.org wrote: > 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 ;-) > You could get one of the 1U Transport barebones for around a grand. A couple "lower end" Opteron cpu's at $220/ea., add an SATA drive, spend the rest on ram, and come in under 2 grand... Ciao-- kvg
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