On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 07:44 -0800, david@lang.hm wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2008, Robert Haas wrote:
> > This may be a little off-topic, but I'd be interested in hearing more
> > details about how you (or others) would do this... manufacturer,
> > model, configuration? How many hard drives do you need to get 25
> > spindles? And where can you get that many 15K hard drives for under
> > $10K? My lack of experience in this area is showing here, but,
> > seriously, any suggestions appreciated.
>
http://h71016.www7.hp.com/ctoBases.asp?oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=&ProductLineId=450&FamilyId=2570&LowBaseId=15222&LowPrice=$1,899.00&familyviewgroup=757&viewtype=Matrix
Retail cost, 15k, 36GB drives, ~ 12k. A phone call and threat of buying
dell gets its for ~ 10k.
Joshua D. Drake
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