[K12OSN] Server grade vs Desktop grade hardware

Robert Arkiletian robark at gmail.com
Sun Nov 18 19:06:16 UTC 2007


Desktops have become so powerful

Intel Quad core  Q6600 2.4Ghz 8MB cache (1066Mhz FSB) $280
Gigabyte P35-DS3R $130
    ICH9R southbridge which has AHCI that supports NCQ
    Realtek rtl8111b Gigabit NIC
4GB DDR2-6400 (800Mhz) Non-Register Non-ECC $200
(/, /var, /tmp on raid 1) 2 x 36GB WD 10K rpm Raptor HD @ $100 each = $200
(/home on raid 1) 2 x 250GB Seagate Barracuda ES 7200rpm @ $80 each = $160
Nice case and PS $140

Add a nice 10/100 NIC for external network ~$30
Add a cheap PCI-E video card ~$40
DVD drive ~$30

So for about $1200 one can buy a system that is easily powerful enough
to run 32 clients.

I wonder about reliability though. How would it compare to my current system?

dual Xeon 2.8Ghz 512K cache/cpu (533Mhz FSB) slow and hot Netburst arch
Top of the line E7505 Intel Server MB (with Adaptec SCSI controller)
4GB Registered ECC PC-2100 (266Mhz)
2 x 36GB 10K rpm SCSI (raid 1)

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Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
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