Hello Mark,

On 21 Aug 14 14:00, Mark Hofmann wrote to Nick Boel:

 MH> As many know, I'm a big fan of that idea.

 MH> You can consolidate many physical computers to save resources, space,
 MH> power, etc and it can even save money on hardware.  You can buy an HP
 MH> DL380 G5 server with 32GB RAM for around $250.  That is a great bang
 MH> for your buck!

I actually pursued this idea last night and searched around. The only $200
DL380s with 32gb ram had basically no hard drives. If you want them with
any kind of decent storage (4x148 or better) you're looking at more like
$350/$600, from what I found.

If you have any sites that differ from what I found, by all means share!

Though I think Nick's $500 purchase sounds a bit more on par with what I've found.

Not that that's a bad thing, $500 for a refurb server with dual quad core
Xeons, 32gb ram, and 8x146gb drives sounds pretty damn tempting at this
point. :)

Regards,
Nick

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