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Re: Server cost compare

Yes. This is all true. It is at an Education rate.

But even at Raid 1 I am more comfortable with the speed and reliability of
the drives
per the price than going with the IDE options.
I don't understand how Apple can charge so much for those drives. I priced
the similar drives at a much lower cost.
Although you still have to be able to buy the mounting frame. The SCSI
option even without the U160 card is still cheaper to build by about a 100
bucks than the Xserve.

I am just pointing out that Apple was so nice to give us a new "server" but
the cost doesn't seem to have helped
me out any.

Heath Henderson
Assistant Technology Administrator
McLean County Unit 5 Schools
Normal, IL

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----- Original Message -----
From: "N. Lyne" <email@hidden>
To: "Heath Henderson" <email@hidden>;
<email@hidden>
Cc: <email@hidden>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 2:46 PM
Subject: Re: Server cost compare


>
> > Compared
> >
> > Tower G4 DP 512MB ram $2203 to Xserve G4 DP 512MB ram 3679.
> > Tower comes with 80 gb IDE ---- Xserve comes with 60gb IDE
> > Add ATTO SCSI for $417 ---- Xserve add U160 Card for $180
> > Add 2 36gb SCSI raid 1 $788 ---- Xserve add 2nd 60 gb IDE $315
> > Add OSX Server UNL. $499 ---- Xserve comes with UNL. OSXS
> >
> > Total cost Tower = $3907.00
> >
> > Total cost Tower = $4174.00
> >
> > Now, I don't know about you, but the Tower seems like a better deal.
You
> > get 152GB of Storage space vs. 120. You also get SCSI I/O vs the IDE
I/O if
> > you remove the IDE drive from the Tower setup. I also would rather have
the
> > Dual Channel ATTO card than the card that may come with the Xserve. I
am
> > limited by the nice Utils I get with the Xserve and not with the OSXS
boxed
> > set. But I am willing to take that for the other gains. I wonder why
apple
> > doesn't sell that server any longer. Seems like some of us can only
afford
> > so much and they are not really compensating the boxes for the price.
You
> > get much less in the Xserve than you did with the tower. On top of that
I
> > would like a 1U server, but not at that cost.
>
> My question is why did you add the U160 card to the Xserve when you are
not
> using it? Upgrade the included 60gig Xserve drive to 120 and add a second
> 120gig drive to run a RAID 1 off of... Cost would probably come out lower
on
> the Xserve (or just as close with more drive space, minus the U160 card
you are
> not using.)
>
> Also you are quoting drive space that is available but if you are putting
those
> 36gig drives in a RAID 1 you are not ending up with 116 in the Tower
compared
> to the 120 in the RAID 1 if you upgraded the Xserve to two 120 drives...
Also
> the nice part on the Xserve if you are running server that needs uptime is
that
> if a drive died in your RAID 1 on the Xserve you just swap the drive, on
your
> tower setup you would have to bring it down to swap the drives...
>
> Just a few things to consider.
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