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Re: Server cost compare

A few comments -

1. You can still purchase a G4 Quicksilver Server - at the Apple Store click
on the Quicksilver G4 on the first page - then look in the top right hand
corner.

2. According to a recent comment by John Detroye, there is much more to the
hardware configuration of the Xserve that makes it an optimal server as
opposed to a standard G4. See his previous comment.

I had drawn the same conclusion you did, but John convinced me.

Chris

on 6/21/02 3:23 PM, Heath Henderson at email@hidden wrote:

> Just thought I would let everyone know I just compared the cost of an Apple
> G4 Tower to an Xserver.
>
> Well, it seems as thought you can't get the plain jane server anymore! So
> upset with no internal SCSI support, I decided I would build my own.
>
> 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.
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