Re: [cobalt-users] Raq4 verses Linux PC

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Jacobs wrote:

> Gee jeff, they make 1u and 2 u cases now that are around $100.00, true, it
> is hard to find old parts anymore to use in *nix boxes but, worth the time
> just so you don't get stuck with a box that does not work as
> advertised!.... and as for the power supply.... well all
> ball-bearing  fan's last for quite some time.

Please explain two things to me...

1) where can you buy 1u cases for $100.  I'd like to know about those.

2) why you consider "old parts" for a unix/linux box to be equivalent to
the new parts you get when you buy a Sun Cobalt RaQ.

> >There are network cards, and then there are network cards.  If you're
> >running a 450mHz RaQ on a T-1 it really doesn't matter.  If you're
> >streaming a lot of Real content on a T-3, it does.
>> Jeff, jeff..... that is the most UN-INFORMED statement I have seen anyone
> make on this list in quite some time...

I don't understand.  Are you saying that $17 cards are as good as $195
busmaster cards with cache in terms of throughput?  Or are you saying
that those $195 cards are important even for inexpensive machines
running low-end clients on a T-1?  Please clarify.

Jeff
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