On Wed, August 30, 2006 5:50 pm, Paul Nelson wrote:
> I just priced a Dell PowerEdge 1950 (without an OS included just to be
> fair). I got a price of $4592 (no raid, similar hard disk, memory).
>
> This compares with the similar Xserve priced at around $2999.
>
> I don't think you could even touch three Dell 1U servers with *any*
> processor for anywhere near $3K.
>
> You should try pricing a Dell, and see if you get the same price I did...
>
> Next, I tried to get the cheapest Dell PowerEdge 1950. The price came out
> to $3167. To get there here is what you lose:
>
> 1 Xeon dual core instead of two (runs at 3.0Ghz though)
> 667 Mhz FSB instead of 1.33Ghz (that's slow!)
> 1Gb 533MHz (2x512MB), Single Ranked DIMMs (instead of 667Mhz)
> No rack hardware
> No remote management card
To be fair, all 9th generation Dells have the BMC lights out on the logic
board. This is pretty much equivalent to what Apple is offering. The DRAC
card ad-in extends that with remote control and media and such.
Josh
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