True. I have never worked at a *datacenter*. I have worked for some companies that require high reliability. I'm not saying build it yourself. I'm saying, don't pay SUN for the higher capacity HDDs. Obviously the enclosure and hardware is the key to running that many disks in such a small space properly. Is there some extra guarantee that comes from buying the HDDs from them? Would one have to buy every replacement drive from SUN as well? I'm pricing out 7500 rpm drives from seagate here that as far as I can tell match their specs listed (7500rpm, SATA-II, 3.5").
Love to hear back on from someone who purchases items at this level.
Is it? I recognize that the system itself is impressive. But to buy 48 750GB SATA-II 3.5" drives costs around $24,000, and gives you ~36TB. If you notice the pricing, it becomes obvious SUN is drastically over-pricing the drives. The only diff I noticed at a first glance between the $40k and the $90k option was the size of the drives. Perhaps I missed something...
If I didn't, only a fool would buy the more expensive version. Just go in for the cheap array, and purchase 750GB drives yourself, re-sell the original 48x250GB ones, and you'll save yourself a rather large sum of money.
As a game developer, using ogg vorbis as a royalty free, open source audio decoder rocks. I can use it on the two platforms I care about (mac and pc) for free. Booyah.
It makes perfect sense to me, no one sends that many emails in 10 minutes (unless they run a mailing list, in which case they should contact the provider before hand and explain the situation ) If they (the ISP) waited a week while someone was spamming away, think how much SPAM is being sent while they wait. What if the spammer only sent 8,000?
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And neither is the cost of the game.
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I think I almost would like a world where you had to pay to see advertising... be nice to not see any
True. I have never worked at a *datacenter*. I have worked for some companies that require high reliability. I'm not saying build it yourself. I'm saying, don't pay SUN for the higher capacity HDDs. Obviously the enclosure and hardware is the key to running that many disks in such a small space properly. Is there some extra guarantee that comes from buying the HDDs from them? Would one have to buy every replacement drive from SUN as well? I'm pricing out 7500 rpm drives from seagate here that as far as I can tell match their specs listed (7500rpm, SATA-II, 3.5"). Love to hear back on from someone who purchases items at this level.
Is it? I recognize that the system itself is impressive. But to buy 48 750GB SATA-II 3.5" drives costs around $24,000, and gives you ~36TB. If you notice the pricing, it becomes obvious SUN is drastically over-pricing the drives. The only diff I noticed at a first glance between the $40k and the $90k option was the size of the drives. Perhaps I missed something...
If I didn't, only a fool would buy the more expensive version. Just go in for the cheap array, and purchase 750GB drives yourself, re-sell the original 48x250GB ones, and you'll save yourself a rather large sum of money.
For now? Don't do it in the states. There are still places left in the world where the DMCA does not apply.
With all this buzz, I wonder. What the #*$( is the battery life on this beast? The mac site is completely devoid of details on the matter.
No problem, heck the support listed there is better than what I've gotten for a lot of products I've paid for.
No. Canada's official system of measurement is metric.
As a game developer, using ogg vorbis as a royalty free, open source audio decoder rocks. I can use it on the two platforms I care about (mac and pc) for free. Booyah.
It makes perfect sense to me, no one sends that many emails in 10 minutes (unless they run a mailing list, in which case they should contact the provider before hand and explain the situation ) If they (the ISP) waited a week while someone was spamming away, think how much SPAM is being sent while they wait. What if the spammer only sent 8,000?