Re: [TCLUG:11792] [TCLUG] I'd like some opinions on a business

[Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>]

Scott,

I think it would be great to have an OEM locally that sells a variety of
different servers.  We usually have to hand-build all of our machines
here, because there's no way I'm going to buy name-brand stuff.  I've
been looking at Penguin Computing and VA's stuff, but it's all very
expensive.

Knowing that the hardware I buy is 1) local and 2) works with Linux
would be great for us.  If you had a lot of options, like standard or
rack-mount cases, RAID, etc, that would be great.

If you go through with this I'd sure like to know about it.

Scott wrote:
> 
>      For about a year now I've been pondering the OEM
> business as I'm tired of minimum wage jobs that don't use
> what I know.  Chris Palmer has been listening to me bitch
> about this on #sigfs for quite awhile.  :P  Anyway, he
> suggested I config a few boxes, and post them here to see if
> there is any interest before I dump all my capital into this
> idea.
>      I've priced out three complete machines (minus
> monitors), but I'll only include the key bits to keep this
> relatively short.
> 
> Box 1: A heavy duty server - $5500
> 
> Quad Xeon 400 (512k cache)
> Intel SC450NX mb w/onboard u2w
> 256mb mem
> 36.4 gig u2w IBM
> Antec case w/dual 400w hot swappable
> 
> Box 2: A low-end server - $1100
> 
> Dual Celeron 366
> Abit BP6 board
> 128mb mem
> 9.1 gig u2w IBM
> Adaptec 2930 u2w controller
> Antec case w/300w supply
> 
> Box 3: A low-end workstation - $700
> 
> Single Celeron 366
> Abit ZM6 board
> 128mb mem
> 9.1 gig IDE IBM
> Antec case w/300w supply
> 
>      Obviously these are just examples, I'm just trying to
> find out if the other linux boys & girls think this is a
> viable idea or not.  Comments & suggestions are welcome of
> course.
> 
> Scott
> --
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>  -Nicole Blackman
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Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Internet Exposure, Inc.