Funny... I'm using Mandrake 9.1 on my Dell Inspiron 8500. Resloution is 1680x1050. This isn't a driver setup it is just some mods to XFree86.
At home it's on some generic Sony connected to an SGI superwide screen(1600x1024). I just added the right modeline for the resolution and it works.
Wide Screens are beautiful.
Show me where you can build a dual opteron pc with scsi drives for less than $1000. It has to be 1u and have (LOM). LOM is power on / power off via a serial or 10baseT port. Oh yeah... and hot swappable drives for scsi. Is the scsi ultra320?
Cost?
I purchase Sun every few months at work.
An IDE based v100 1u single proc can be had for
$1000 (configured in a web farm)
A SCSI based v120 1u single proc can be had for
$2000. (configured to run an Informix database)
These are list prices on the Web.
I get them for 20% discount usually.
Plus you can use standard memory / ide / scsi so
get that from a third party.
I just don't get where the Sun is costly comes from?
Low end servers compare to Dell servers comparably.
Lights out management (LOM) kicks @55 on a Sun.
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Funny... I'm using Mandrake 9.1 on my Dell Inspiron 8500. Resloution is 1680x1050. This isn't a driver setup it is just some mods to XFree86. At home it's on some generic Sony connected to an SGI superwide screen(1600x1024). I just added the right modeline for the resolution and it works. Wide Screens are beautiful.
Show me where you can build a dual opteron pc with scsi drives for less than $1000. It has to be 1u and have (LOM). LOM is power on / power off via a serial or 10baseT port. Oh yeah... and hot swappable drives for scsi. Is the scsi ultra320?
I've assembled systems now and again.
Cost? I purchase Sun every few months at work. An IDE based v100 1u single proc can be had for $1000 (configured in a web farm) A SCSI based v120 1u single proc can be had for $2000. (configured to run an Informix database) These are list prices on the Web. I get them for 20% discount usually. Plus you can use standard memory / ide / scsi so get that from a third party. I just don't get where the Sun is costly comes from? Low end servers compare to Dell servers comparably. Lights out management (LOM) kicks @55 on a Sun.