Re: mid 2007 "best bang for the buck" hardware opinions

No it wouldn't be much kit for $20k

but that example is currently coming in at $9k ... (the $20k referred to
is last years topic).

I think I can spend up to $15k but it would have to be clearly
faster/better/more expandable than this config.
Or I can spend $9k with someone else if I can convince myself it is just
a better option.

The sense that there might be better options out there, I've no doubt in..
it is why I posted hoping for some solid leads on what & why.

Scott Marlowe wrote:
> On 8/8/07, justin <justin@dslr.net> wrote:
>
>> I saw an interesting topic in the archives on best bang for the buck for
>> $20k.. about a year old now.
>>
>> So whats the thoughts on a current combined rack/disks/cpu combo around
>> the $10k-$15k point, currently?
>>
>> I can configure up a Dell poweredge 2900 for $9k, but am wondering if
>> I'm missing out on something better.
>> ( 9k spent with mr dell that gets you 2x quad core xeon X535s, so thats
>> 8 cores total, with 24gb of memory
>> and 8x 146gb 15k serial attached scsi connected, raid10, attached to a
>> perc 5/i with redundant power supplies,
>> all in what looks like a 3u chassis). But the system is pretty maxxed
>> out like that, no room for future expansion.
>>
>> better options? or a better balance for a pure db box that is mostly
>> smaller reads and large indexes?
>>
>
> That's not much kit for $20k.
>
> I went to www.aberdeeninc.com and speced out a box with 24 750G
> barracudas, battery backed cache RAID and dual Quad core 2.66GHz
> xeons, and 16 Gigs of ram for $15k.  Another 16gigs of ram would
> probably put it around 18k or so, but they didn't have the config
> option enabled there.
>
> I consider Dells to be mediocre hardware with mediocre support.
>
> There are lots of medium sized integration shops out there that make
> better servers with lots more storage for a lot less.
>
>