[olug] [slightly-OT] Hardware recommendations.

[Dan Linder]

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:05, Jay Swackhamer <Jay at reboottheuser.com> wrote:
> Are you going to buy or build?

Buying big components: i.e. motherboard+case/chassis, then add or
expand RAM, and add or expand HDD.

> Are you on HPUX Risc boxes or Itanium?

Forgot about that - we'd probably need to get both since we
occasionally find a customer using software that isn't ported to the
other platform.  If I had to choose one, I'd probably go with the
newer Itanium-2 based systems - the HP Integrity line I believe.

> A budget number would be useful to make a recommendation on the HPUX side.

I'm not sure what the range is, but around the $1000 mark is probably
a good goal.

> If you want a low-budget setup for the lab stuff, you can get
> rackmounts, mostly 1U from geeks.com ranging from 120->350+. They have
> had opterons, but it doesnt look like they currently do, I'd watch
> them from time to time, you may be able to get some machines from a
> movie render farm.
>
> http://www.geeks.com/products_sc.asp?cat=821

I'll keep an eye on them.

> for what you listed below, lights out cards are available as a PCI
> card if you dont go with a HP/etc for around $500. If you want
> useable/reliable lights-out, I'd stay away from IBM servers.

Thanks, that's the advice I was hoping to "crowd source".

> We are doing evals over the next month of the new HP/Dell/IBM servers
> and blade centers, so I can forward the feedback once the hardware is
> in place if you are interested.

Thanks.

Dan

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