Re: Re: Storage subsystem for HA server

["Andy Davies" <dajdavies@xxxxxxxxx>]

Two and a bit grand for an 80Gb server seems a bit on the steep side
to me
(had a quick fiddle on the Dell site and came up with a dual 3Ghz Xeon with
80 gig for under a grand ex VAT)...

Advantage I see of a PC server is it gives you the opportunity to get there
in stages (I guess it's also a disadvantage as you can fiddle to your
hearts
content too)

Of course if you want to run OS X Server there's not a lot of choice!

Andy


On 03/02/07, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Aye, that's what I thought ... until I actually costed a PC server,
with
> all the bits ... now I'm not so sure ...
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> >It's a nice idea (and the xserve's are a beautful bit of kit) but
I'm not
> >sure I could justify the price...
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> >On 03/02/07, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >>This talk of servers & RAIDs makes me wonder if anyone is
running 'XP
> >>through Parallels on an Xserve ... 'ought to be good, and
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> http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisemac/archives/2006/12/kill_two_window.html
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> >>seems to suggest it would work ... even has RS-232, VGA, and
PCI-X, as
> >>well as all the more modern stuff !
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> >>Chris
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--
Andy


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