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| Thread ID: 32109 | 2003-04-09 07:09:00 | computer parts sellers | agent (30) | Press F1 |
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| 134521 | 2003-04-09 07:09:00 | So, do you work at one of these places? Or used to (I'm sure Babe Ruth did), or know someone who does, and would give a discounted price to me or CC. I'm going to apply for a Lottery Grant, and if successful, will get up to $5000... and I need that money to cover a lot of things. Eg, parts for a good server (we're talking the new P4 with HT technology, and Windows Server 2003, and Serial ATA HDDs, in a RAID configuration if that is possible at the moment). Help me out here please! |
agent (30) | ||
| 134522 | 2003-04-10 06:18:00 | This is so sad... no replies... As I said before, please help me out here. |
agent (30) | ||
| 134523 | 2003-04-10 06:38:00 | Well it would be kind of nice to know what this is for? | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 134524 | 2003-04-10 07:27:00 | I deal with these guy's with work. May be worth an enquiry with, they are quite competitive (with dealers anyway). http://www.morningstar.co.nz/ | Pheonix (280) | ||
| 134525 | 2003-04-10 09:21:00 | > I'm going to apply for a Lottery Grant, and if > successful, will get up to $5000... and I need that > money to cover a lot of things. Eg, parts for a good > server (we're talking the new P4 with HT technology, > and Windows Server 2003, and Serial ATA HDDs, in a > RAID configuration if that is possible at the > moment). Agent, I think I know what the project is, from previous PF1 posts, and its a good one. Consider though, a similar request for a lottery grant from a group such as an RSA club wanting to buy a van for taking less mobile members for outings. If they asked for a BMW X5, (which is, by comparison, what you want) or they asked for a late model used vehicle, which would do the same job, which proposal do you think would have more chance? I have had experience in similar areas, and this is purely a personal view. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 134526 | 2003-04-11 06:40:00 | It's not about want, more than need. I do expect that, once finished, the website will be visited a lot. I can't be stuck using a 1.5GHz CPU with 512MB of RAM and a 40GB HDD that could fill up very quickly. And, considering what CC is planning to use for the firewall, then bandwidth will be quite limited (I'm asking for a direct 1GB/s cross over connection of course... I guess 100MB/s could cope. Also, the fact that the site is very much database-driven, the overhead on the server could potentially be very great. No, we can't afford an expandable rack server, though that would be nice. So what's this for? Well, I want to get quotes on the prices available. In order to apply for a Youth Lottery Grant, we need to send in a couple of letters of community support (any volunteers? ;)), the price of what we want to buy, etc etc. It's rather difficult, and the fact that we may be declined is in my mind. This whole project is volunteer-based, and I've done enough of my rambling for today, so I think I'll either wait for some more replies, or go around XP Computers, the Computer Flea Market at Ellerslie Primary, Compulink, Eden Computers, Global Computers (think that's where Liam works). |
agent (30) | ||
| 134527 | 2003-04-11 06:46:00 | And as for the servers specs: I estimate that we need at least a 2GHz CPU (and Intel would be better for this, though at a more costly price) a full tower case, pref with front USB sockets 400w PSU system fan cpu heatsink/fan (thinking of the Volcano 9) at least one SerialATA HDD, 80GB mobo with onboard ethernet, pref 1GB/s, though 100MB/s could well cut it, supporting SerialATA and a RAID configuration 1GB DDR-RAM, pref the 533 type Back-UPS? or at least a power surge protector junction box and already provided components which we don't need: keyboard, mouse, monitor, cd drive and components we might need: redundant PSU |
agent (30) | ||
| 134528 | 2003-04-11 07:16:00 | Sounds like it must be for some fairly fairly high end website in that case getting A LOT of hits. If you want HDD speed you'd be going for a SCSI set up most likely. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 134529 | 2003-04-11 23:33:00 | Oh bougre. I was thinking that seeing as SATA is newer, it would be better. But I guess that a 10,000 RPM drive beats a 7,200 RPM one. Anyone know if setting up a RAID array is difficult? |
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