Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:37:55 -0800 | From | Larry McVoy <> | Subject | Re: Server shipments [was Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call] |
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On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 08:21:57PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > > So how many CPUs do you think you get in a $9K server? > > Not sure. Average by price is probably 4 or a little over.
Nope. For $12K you can get 4x 1.9Ghz 512MB No networking 1 disk No operating system
That's as cheap as it gets. And I don't know about you, but I have a tough time believing that anyone buys a 4 CPU box without an OS, without networking, with .5GB of ram, and with one disk.
If you think you are getting a realistic 4 CPU server for $9K from a vendor, you're dreaming. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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