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Terra Soft Releases Rackable Dual G4/1GHz

Posted by pudge on from the two-please dept.

pinqkandi writes "Terra Soft Solutions just released their new GVS 9000, a dual G4/1GHz 2U rack system. With Mac OS X and Yellow Dog Linux pre-installed, along with the Black Lab clustering suite, these boxes pack quite a lot of power. $3,839 + shipping." Another user adds, "As an added bonus, now you know where to go to find Linux users who look like Cindy Crawford." Yes, well.

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  1. But how about rackmount servers from Apple? by hcdejong · · Score: 3, Informative

    Rumors on "Thing 2" (a rackmountable server from Apple) have been floating around for some time now. And there's a petition underway.

    And 2U is not enough (or too much...). With blade servers being the new wave, even a 1U unit may be seen as taking up too much space.

  2. It's a start... by frankie · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...but Apple really needs to get on the ball and put out their own 1U "RacMac" G4 line in the $1500 range. The G4 mobo already has on-board Gigabit ethernet. You don't need SuperDrives in a vector cluster.

    The market is there, if only Lord Steve wants to do it.

  3. Not new, not from TerraSoft. by navywife · · Score: 4, Informative
    OR, for those without the need for pre-installed YDL, you can order it directly from GVS with OS X, and save $400. It's good to see these units gaining exposure, but I think the editors of Apple(MacSlash)dot (what else to call the two sites) would better serve their readers by publicizing the source of this HW.


    As far as these being "NEW!" The availability of these was noted way back here in a discussion of Mac clustering.


    As long as Apple(MacSlash)dot are posting exactly the same news day-to-day, it seems appropriate that I post identical commments to both sites...