On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 01:49 -0400, Peter Arremann wrote:
Here we go again with that UPS guy though... other than the Intel 2ch scsi controller and emulex fibre cards there isn't much out there.
_Exactly_! PCIe storage and NIC controllers are lacking. Which means we're left with PCI-X and legacy 64-bit PCI cards for now.
And all those options fit into a nice $40K server - but if you're talking a couple hundret for the board and cpu, they're overkill... Until you got a sata raid controller or so available for pci express, you're better off if a more expensive board and then save the money on some cheaper storage..
Exactly. You're already spending $1,500 on the CPUs and Registered ECC memory. So why not spend a few bucks more on the mainboard, and throw in a $300 storage card for the $400 your spending on disks to ensure performance?
Whey people are willing to spend >>$1,000 and then skimp on a few hundred bucks more is beyond me. You'd be better off not going Opteron/Registered at all, and saving all that dough.