[Cadre-politics] Error: Server Specs

[Dan MacNeil]

Thanks for good work here. It was a nice touch to include shipping and 
handling.

For those tunning in late, Rob's been researching server hardware to 
spend the $3K we got from GLCF for a new server. It will run Xen. 
Preliminary research suggested we might do well to spend an extra $1000 
of our money to get what we need/want.

It might be worth looking also at the vendor[]  Linux Journal selected 
to build their Ultimate server machine:

		http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9062

Do the CPU's below have support for either the Intel VT-x instructions 
or the AMD Pacifica instructions?

It might be worth saving the various vendor html pages to your:

	~/public_html/doc_root/

...and posting the saved pages. (HTML email is yucky)

This is out of scope of the original chore, but do you know that the 
various bits of hardware are supported by the stock sarge kernel? Any 
linux kernel? Your Xen kernel?

It might also be worth, talking to some folks on the telephone.

Thanks for finishing before the deadline and being strong enough to put 
an imperfect solution but solid starting point out there for comment and 
discussion.

Robert Vanderley wrote:
> The HTML table lost its gusto being converted to plain text...
> To sum up the table:
> 
> DELL:
> processor   :    Dual Core Intel® Xeon® 5060, 2x2MB Cache, 3.20GHz, 
> 1066MHz FSB
> memory      :    8GB 533MHz (4x2GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs   (12 slot MAX )
> hard drives:    (2x) 160GB, SATA, 3.5-inch, 7.2K RPM Hard Drive (RAID 1 
> config)
> support      :    3Yr SILVER ENTERPRISE SUPPORT: 7x24 HW/SW, Next 
> Business Day on-site
> additional  :    PERC 5 (RAID Controller) Documentation, Redundant Power 
> Supply
> cost tax + shipping :  $ 4,078.21
> 
> Gateway:
>    (2) Intel® Xeon® 2MB Cache, 2.80GHz, 800 MHz FSB
>    6GB 400MHz (6x1GB), Single Ranked ECC DDR2 SDRAM (8 slot MAX )
>    250GB, SATA 7.2k RPM Hard Drive
>    3Yr parts, labor, 3Yr/4hour on-site 7x24, 3yr HW tech support
>    2dn 730W power supply, Front-side backplane HD access
>    $ 4,081.35
> 
> HP:
>    (2) Intel® Xeon® 2MB Cache, 2.80GHz, 800 MHz FSB
>    4GB 400MHz (4x1GB) (8 slot MAX)
>    72GB, SAS 10k RPM Hard Drive
>    3Yr Next Business Day on-site
>    Redundant power supply,
>    $3,791.14
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