Re: Hardware donation
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:49:09PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 04:00:11PM -0400, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 02:56:56PM -0400, Bart Trojanowski wrote:
>
> >> At this time a lowest of the low end AMD64 box will run you about $2k
> >> USD. It will include 2 Opteron 240 CPUs, an MSI K8D master mobo, ~ 1G
> >> of RAM, and a modest hard-disk.
>
> > What size is a "modest" harddisk these days? I just built myself an
> > Athlon box and it has a 120GB (IDE) disk, at least 60GB should be
> > standard with new boxes these days?
>
> Thise kind of boxes would have SCSI, I guess. And there, 18GB still
> exist :-)
Is 18GB standard? I am about to buy a couple of 18GB SCSI disks for some
m68k machines, and it seems I can get them for $20 each. I think they are
even new, but I don't care if they are used. After all you don't get that
much new hardware for a 15 year old box anymore ;-)
But in that case, maybe it is cheaper to buy an IDE controller (I can't
believe that board doesn't have one), or hook a disk up via firewire.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/display/20030416055850.html
| MSI K8D Master Mainboard for Dual Opteron Processors
| # 2-channel ATA-133/100/66/33 integrated controller;
...
| But if it is intended for servers, why there are no SCSI connectors or, at
| least, trendy Serial ATA-150 ports? Strange, isnt it?
Christian
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