Is this an acceptable machine or does it have to be "rackmount" ? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250111166910 - rh -- Abba Communications Spokane, WA www.abbacomm.net
Abba Communications schrieb:> Is this an acceptable machine or does it have to be "rackmount" ? > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250111166910 >I would take something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Compaq-DEC-Alphaserver-DS20E-Dual-667MHz-4GB-4096Mb-RAM_W0QQitemZ160111481859QQihZ006QQcategoryZ56107QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/DS20E-dual-667-mhz-CPU-2-gb-memory-18-gb-drive_W0QQitemZ130107982425QQihZ003QQcategoryZ1479QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/Compaq-Alphaserver-DS20E-2-x-667MHz-1GB-RAM_W0QQitemZ320042786026QQihZ011QQcategoryZ1484QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem DS20e has better IO (memory, hd). :-) And if you have too much money: http://cgi.ebay.com/HP-AlphaServer-ES45-2B-Quad-1-25ghz-4GB-Mem-6x36gb_W0QQitemZ130107689441QQihZ003QQcategoryZ162QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (I'm sure you can find cheaper ES45 somewhere). But it's not my decision. -Oliver
Abba Communications wrote:> Is this an acceptable machine or does it have to be "rackmount" ? > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250111166910 >Other than to scratch an itch, or to do some arch level engineering why would you even want to invest in an Alpha these days ? Having said that, I want to add that we do have a functional CentOS-4 release on Alpha that I am running on my pws500u quite happily, but the Alpha, for me, is here for legacy and emotional reasons. - KB -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq