[tech] (fwd) extra xp1000's

[Nick Bannon]

On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 01:04:24PM +0800, Simon Fryer wrote:
> > A while ago mustang at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au_no.spam.please_ tapped:
[...]
> > An XP100 outta make a nice user box @ UCC. We can sell the powerstorm to engineering to
> > offset some of the cost :)
> 
> Nice user box??? Fucking fast user box. This will take the shit out of 
> everything we have for disk IO, memory IO (Memory bus twice as wide). The
[...]

Mmmm, now that's some _real_ server hardware.

It's still a lot of money, though (probably AUD$3000 after shipping,
_if_ we don't have to pay extra tax). There was _some_ interest at the
committee meeting (and some "why do we need another server?" sentiment),
but it's pretty clear that we'd need serious pledges and some general
interest. 50% pledges sounds good.

If you want to push it, count me in for $500 and post it to the UCC
list. If we get $1500 and a few more interested people, Committee can
decide whether to fund the rest. In any case, it's going to take at
least a couple of days.

Your 256MB Indigo2 might fill the same niche - not the same raw
performance, but it'd be a good workhorse user box. When were you
planning to bring it in?

Nick.

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