Hi John,
I agree with Alex that having the same configuration makes life easier.
How much is the saving in this case?
I mean 20x10 is different from 20x1000 (where 10 and 1000 are just an
example)
cheers
alessandra
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, John Gordon wrote:
> Alex, 2,3 and 4 are almost identical. Remember that any savings on one box
> are multiplied by 20.
>
> John
>
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Alex Martin wrote:
>
> > Dave,
> > Are you actually proposing to get 4 different machine configuations?
> > Given that one can buy 1U dual Xeon/2 Gbyte boxes for not much more than
> > 1K+VAT, there doesn't seem much point in buying different hardware
> > configuations, unless you want to include a box with a RAID chasis.
> >
> > I think you should get any machines with 3 year warranty (either on-site
> > , or supplier collects at their expense)
> >
> > Alex
>
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