On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 06:24:20PM +0100, Gabriel Wicke wrote:
On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:06:20 +0100, Jens Frank wrote:
Dell does not include Rails by default. SM and PC do. You've to add that to the Dell price listed above. 179$ for Dell boxes.
The comparable SM box (SM-1151A, 2,6GHz P4, 2*512MB RAM, Seagate 40GB, no CD, Rack mount kit, 3yr warranty) is at $1104 http://www.siliconmechanics.com/i1158/p4-server.php
That's non-ECC ram though and no cdrom.
What do you need a CDROM for if you've got a NIC? And wasn't it you who said we won't need redundancy? Then why ECC?
The rail costs 49$ at siliconmechanics.
The config tool states that "2 Piece Ball Bearing Rail Kit" is included. You can buy differrent rail kits from them for 49$, but the default one will do the job.
Newbie question: Is the rail like a drawer so that you can pull the server out of the rack? I've never physically seen my servers up to now...
Look at http://www.siliconmechanics.com/image_cache/item.1517.main.160x75.q60.o0.jpg One of them is mounted to each side of your server.
Regards,
JeLuF