[Gllug] Cheap rackmount servers

[Alain Williams]

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 06:56:59PM +0100, Lucian wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Lucian <lucian at lastdot.org> wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > Do you happen to know some providers of cheap rackmount servers? Dell
> > etc are a bit too much for my budget.
> > Also I'd be curious if someone managed to fit some comodity hardware
> > inside a rackmount case.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> 
> Thanks for your replies, guys.
> 
> I do not have a special requirements to be honest. I want a decent
> machine, performance-wise (virt technology a must), but as cheap as
> possible :)
> Ideally I'd try to fit a (decent) desktop mobo and quad-core cpu in a
> 1U case and colocate it; I do realize it is going to be hard or
> impossible to do this.

Cheap machine tend not to be as fast or reliable as more expensive machines.
What is the cost of this failing, ie how much a few days downtime ?

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