Went a little crazy with Linux System Configurator

HannibalX

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I was foolin around, built the biggest baddest Linux server I could.

AMI Quad Xeon Motherboard
Four 550 MHz Xeon Processors with 2 MB Cache
2 GB ECC EDO RAM
Adaptec 29160 - 64 bit Ultra 160SCSI (LVD) Controller
Drive 1: Quantum 18.2 GB 10000 RPM LVD SCA Drive
Drive 2: Quantum 18.2 GB 10000 RPM LVD SCA Drive
Drive 3: Quantum 18.2 GB 10000 RPM LVD SCA Drive
Tower R800 With 10 Hot Swap Modules
Ten (10) (External) Seagate 73.4 GB 10000 RPM LVD SCA Drives
Viewsonic P815 - 21 Inch Monitor
32X CD-ROM
3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Drive
3COM 10 Mbps Ethernet Combo Adapter
3COM 10 Mbps Ethernet Combo Adapter
Isotel 6 Ultra Surge Protector
Keytronic Keyboard and Logitech 3 Button Mouse
U.S. Robotics 56K Internal Modem (w/Fax)
Red Hat Linux 6.2 Professional (Includes Secure Web Server)
4000 Pages of Linux Documentation
Penguin Computing Quick Start Guide
Penguin Computing Two Year Warranty

Guess how much? $60,105!!! Thats when I hit the cancle order button hehe ;)
http://www.penguincomputing.com


 

0div0

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Mar 18, 2000
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hehe I love messin with these things! It's the only time I ever go to Dell's website :)
 

SilentBoB

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Nov 13, 1999
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Oh yea? Check this sucka out:

8-Way Xeon
Eight 550 MHz Xeon Processors with 2 MB Cache
2 GB RAM
Mylex ExtremeRAID 1100
Drive 1: Seagate 73.4 GB 10000 RPM LVD SCA Drive
Drive 2: Seagate 73.4 GB 10000 RPM LVD SCA Drive
Toshiba 40X SCSI CD-ROM
Tower R800 With 10 Hot Swap Modules
Ten (10) (External) Seagate 73.4 GB 10000 RPM LVD SCA Drives
Viewsonic P815 - 21 Inch Monitor
3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Drive
Alteon Gigabit Ethernet
Adaptec Quartet Four-Port 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Unisom 2200 - 2U Rackmount UPS
Keytronic Keyboard and Logitech 3 Button Mouse
BRU Professional Backup Software - Version 15.0
Red Hat Linux 6.2 Professional (Includes Secure Web Server)
4000 Pages of Linux Documentation
Penguin Computing Quick Start Guide
Penguin Computing Three Year Warranty
Three Year Next Business Day On-Site Service

System price: $127,103
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random

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Jan 19, 2000
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That was cool, but here's mine:

8-Way Xeon
Eight 550 MHz Xeon Processors with 2 MB Cache
2 GB RAM
Mylex ExtremeRAID 1100
Drive 1: Seagate 73.4 GB 10000 RPM LVD SCA Drive
Drive 2: Seagate 73.4 GB 10000 RPM LVD SCA Drive
33/66 GB Ecrix VXA Drive w/Ten 66 GB Tapes
gotta have backup tapes to use the backup software on, right?
Rackmount R800 With 10 Hot Swap Modules
might as well have rackmount to go with the rackmount system!
Ten (10) (External) Seagate 73.4 GB 10000 RPM LVD SCA Drives
Viewsonic VP150 - 15 Inch LCD Display
why you need an LCD on a server is beyond me but hey...
3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Drive
Alteon Gigabit Ethernet
Alteon Gigabit Ethernet
for better benchmarking, assign child web servers to bind to only one of the gigabit interfaces. (zeus webserver anyways)
Unisom 2200 - 2U Rackmount UPS
Keytronic Keyboard and Logitech 3 Button Mouse
WordPerfect 8 - Personal Edition
BRU Professional Backup Software - Version 15.0
Red Hat Linux 6.2 Professional (Includes Secure Web Server)
4000 Pages of Linux Documentation
Penguin Computing Quick Start Guide
Penguin Computing Three Year Warranty
Three Year Next Business Day On-Site Service

System price: $129,457