[PLUG] Dell Server Quad Cores?

[drew wymore]

On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:17 PM, MJang <mike at mommabears.com> wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Not quite on the topic of home-brew quad cores, I've been looking at the
> Dell PowerEdge T110 or maybe the T310 (hoping for a special for Cyber
> Monday)
>
>
> http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/poweredge-t110?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04
>
> http://www.dell.com/us/en/business/servers/server-poweredge-t310/pd.aspx?refid=server-poweredge-t310&s=bsd&cs=04
>
> People here have knocked good sense into me before w/r/t hardware, and
> I'm hoping y'all can do the same if needed with respect to these
> options.
>
> But for now, I'm a little tired of running low on memory every time I
> have more than a couple of VMware systems going. My current system (an
> eBay home brew - is coming up on 5 years) is limited to 2GB.
>
> Yup, the RAM for such servers is more expensive, but perhaps c'est la
> vie w/r/t servers? I may need to experiment with some VMware ESXi, and
> appreciate the bare metal capabilities, so I have little confidence in
> my ability to set up a home brew with such compatibility.
>
> I also appreciate the no-OS options for these systems, along with the
> known compatibility with the standard Linux server OSes.
>
> Your comments will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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Mike,
I have a Power Edge 1425 SC and it's been rock solid for nearly 4 years.
Parts can be spendy through Dell but well worth the investment.

Drew-