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Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 15:44:49 -0700
From: "Gavin M. Roy" <gmr@ehpg.net>
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To: Steve Poe <spoe@sfnet.cc>
Cc: Mischa Sandberg <mischa.sandberg@telus.net>,
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Subject: Re: Whence the Opterons?
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Please wait a week before buying Sun v20z's or v40z's from off of Ebay 
(j/k). (As I'm in the process of picking up a few)  From everything I 
hear the v20z/v40z's are a great way to go and I'll know more in 15 days 
or so.

Regards,

Gavin


Steve Poe wrote:

>> IBM, Sun and HP have their fairly pricey Opteron systems.
>> The IT people are not swell about unsupported purchases off ebay.
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>
>
> Mischa,
>
> I certainly understand your concern, but the  price and support 
> sometimes go hand-in-hand. You may have to pick your batttles if your 
> want more bang for the buck or more support. I might be wrong on this, 
> but not everything you buy on E-Bay is unsupported.
>
> We purchase a dual Operton from Sun off their E-Bay store  for about 
> $3K less than the "buy it now" price.
>
> From an IT perspective, support is not as critical if I can do it 
> myself. If it is for business 24/7 operations, then the company should 
> be able to put some money behind what they want to put their business 
> on. Your mileage may vary.
>
> Steve
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