[cobalt-users] Re: Cobalt Wannabe?

[Johan-Kristian Wold <jkwold@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #2036, Zeffie wrote:
> I think thats a bit high....  I would think $500...  There really isn't
> anything in these things ya know...

$500 ? You ever bought rackmount cabinets before ?

The retail price of a 1-2 U rackmount cabinet is almost $300, 
including PSU, and a larger 4U cabinet easily does away with $500 or 
more. Add a server mobo, a processor or two, a disk or two, some 
memory, and you're talking way more than $500 in component costs, and 
that's before you start counting the time taken to assemble and 
configure the machine and installation time for the software. Also, 
you pay for the knowledge of the guys that has to make the first 
setup.

From the specs, the rm box included two processors and a level 1 
raid. Of course, it might be duron processors and a software raid, 
but you still have to have two processors and two disks...  Every 
drop adds up (said the mouse as it p*ssed in the ocean:^)

Johan-Kristian
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