From: Steve Poe <spoe@sfnet.cc>
To: Mischa Sandberg <mischa.sandberg@telus.net>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Whence the Opterons?
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 15:29:28 -0700
Message-ID: <427BEFC8.5040208@sfnet.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1115415551.427be3ffe44c8@webmail.telus.net>
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>IBM, Sun and HP have their fairly pricey Opteron systems.
>The IT people are not swell about unsupported purchases off ebay.
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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