Re: [TCLUG:21429] Server recommendations

[Callum Lerwick <lerwick@tcfreenet.org>]

> I agree. If you DON'T want to start with the very-high-end, get some
> homebrew mid-range box. I guess it depends on what kind of laod you're
> expecting. However, when the loads DO get high, Intel is not the place to
> be.

What about those spiffy SGI intel boxen? Are they using their crossbar
switch chipset in their server machines? The first visual workstations
had it, but I think I heard they dropped it in the later ones. ;P