1U Server for $749, Warm deal?

[ptaylor874]

<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.advansor.com/store/Product_item.asp?ModelNumber=ES1G20-320&Head=Thin%20Servers
1U%20Rackmount%20
Pentium%20III">Advansor</a> has this 1U 1.13 Gig P3 server based on an 815 motherboard with 256 Meg, a CD, floppy and a 40GB hard drive for $749...

I've been looking for a cheap 1U server (or parts to build my own).. This is about the best I can come up with... (Even though you can build a killer tower system for $750, a 1U system is a different story)

Also, anyone know anything about Advansor? I didn't see them in resellerratings.com

 

[captaindrewle]

Doesn't look like too much of a deal..

On pricewatch, I found a SuperMicro SuperServer 5011E 1U Black rackmount server, with FDD and CD ROM, NO CPU for $439.

Also from pricewatch:
Pentium 3 1.13 Gig -- $123
256MB (PC133) memory -- $27
40GB hdd -- $54

Total estimate: $643 (w/o shipping costs)

Just my $.02

-Cpt'n

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BTW - I like the SuperMicro SuperServers because they already have the motherboard, etc assembled in the chassis. All you have to do is pop in a hdd, memory and processor.
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[ptaylor874]

Actually, after posting this I continued my search... only to find the SuperMicro 5011E.. GoogleGear has it for $529.. I noticed several lower priced ones on Pricewatch, but I'm somewhat weary of some of the vendors there... In my past experience Googlegear has been decent. Too bad Newegg doesn't stock the bare bones SuperMicro servers.

What are your thoughts on going with a Celeron 1.2 instead of a P3? Newegg has them for under $75, I believe. For a mail/webserver I don't think all that horsepower is really needed, especially considering the price difference. Someone please let me know if I'm underestimating the horsepower needed...

Anyone else have an experience with SuperMicro SuperServers?

 

[dsparks]

SuperMicro systems = nice
Used several for hosting Mail, web, DNS...

Celery based systems should work just fine, I mean when I first started in hosting our DNS servers were K6-2 based systems and they seved up thousands of requests per day with NO downtime.

BTW: My cobalt Raq server is a K6-2 300 and it serves up mail, web, DNS all for 200 domains without a problem. I think you should be just fine.

 

[ptaylor874]

Thanks for the feedback.. This will probably be what I order...