From: Gavin M. Roy <gmr@ehpg.net>
To: Steve Poe <spoe@sfnet.cc>
Cc: Mischa Sandberg <mischa.sandberg@telus.net>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Whence the Opterons?
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 15:44:49 -0700
Message-ID: <427BF361.7050100@ehpg.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <427BEFC8.5040208@sfnet.cc>
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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.
>
>
>
> 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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