Re: [cobalt-users] Raq4 verses Linux PC

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Jacobs wrote:

> Hmm, my source stopped selling 1U and now only have 2U... see url below:
> 
> http://www.pcclub.com/productdetail_notlogin.cfm?id=8518&curtitemnum=A1350298&icat=Cases

Did PC Club once sell 1U cases?  I've been buying from them for over
five years, and I've never seen them.  Of course that doesn't mean they
weren't selling them.

I note however, that their 2U cases (which cost an extra $100 or so per
month to colocate, so they're hardly ideal) are over $200 and 1U cases
have ALWAYS been more expensive than 2U cases because of the higher
prices for power supplies.  Oh, wait, the PC Club product doesn't even
include a power supply.  Don't expect me to fall for that.  You don't
really expect me to believe a $30 power supply is good enough for a
server expected to run in a 2U environment for years, 24/7, do you? 
Good, I didn't think so.  Do you have any idea how expensive a 1U or 2U
power supply designed for servers can run?  Anywhere from $100 to $300
or more.

> Yea, new old parts....

Whatever.

> "Those $195 cards are important even for inexpensive machines
> running low-end clients on a T-1?  Please clarify."
> 
> I think that is a correct statement.

Thanks for the clarification, which makes your 1U machines (now 2U,
unfortunately, costing $1200 more per year to colocate) even more
expensive.

Jeff
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