[Gllug] [OT] Experiences with Teramac rack server from DNUK?

[Xander D Harkness]

Jason Clifford wrote:

>On Fri, 9 May 2003, Alan Peery wrote:
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>>I am considering purchasing a pair of servers from DNUK as front-end web 
>>servers, and was wondering:
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>>1) DNUK -- would you recommend this company?
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>Yes, DNUK are very good.
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>>2) Any experience with their nicely spec'd 1U Dual processor Teramac 
>>box?  Theywill be running Windows/IIS/.Net at first, hopefully to become 
>>Linux/JBoss in the next 6 months.
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>I've not had any experience of this box however ...
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>>*Teramac R320HS-1U Server*
>>2x Intel Xeon (Prestonia) 2.40GHz / 533MHz FSB / 512KB cache [add £227]
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Have you had a look at linitx.com

you can buy a board, 512Mb RAM and rackmount case for £285.

Life can be a lot cheaper depending upon your requirements.

I have a friend who bought a laptop from DNUK and service was good.

Kind regards
Xander

*VIA EPIA ME6000 Mainboard* 
<http://linitx.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=132> 	*£88.00*
		*Kingston Low Profile 512MB PC133 SDRAM* 
<http://linitx.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=130> 	*£61.75*
		*1U Rackmount Case - 150W/365mm deep* 
<http://linitx.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=129%7B4%7D13>
/ - Internals None/ 	*£135.00*
/ /

*Sub-Total: £284.75*

>I would be wary of putting dual Xeons into a 1U chassis.
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>Also be aware of the power requirements of dual Xeon systems - if your 
>hosting them at a data centre you may find you need to make special 
>arrangements.
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>Jason Clifford
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