From: Mike B. <mik...@de...> - 2004-10-01 21:21:22
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The parts are readily available in NZ and I would be surprised if you couldn't find a local supplier in Wellington to put a system together for you. You would be getting support for the parts rather than support for the system in this case though. Which is what I assume the issue would be. On Thursday 30 September 2004 21:02, Keir Fraser wrote: > How odd -- I expected that in most places there would be multiple > white-box vendors selling Opteron-based systems. It's not like the > component parts are in short supply. Except maybe in NZ. :-) > > -- Keir > > > Hmmmmmm. Lots of RAM :o) > > > > Yes, I do have a 'cluster', but only two machines so far. The problem for > > me is that multi-processor Opteron 1u machines (or 2u or 4u for that > > matter) are hard to come by here in New Zealand, unless we pay through > > the nose for an HP or other big-name machine. I can get dual Xeon > > machines pretty cheap though. If I look at the Opteron option, I'll have > > to compare it to just buying more Xeons. Either way, it's going to cost > > more for our initial cluster than it would if I could just use 12GB in a > > cheap Xeon unit. Don't get me wrong though, if Opteron units were > > available here I would have got them from the outset. > > > > Personally I have no issue with sourcing machines from Australia or > > somewhere, but my bosses will be reluctant due to support issues, etc. > > > > Regards, > > Paul > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel |