<div dir="ltr">I usually go to <a href="https://www.serversdirect.com/">https://www.serversdirect.com/</a> </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Neal Rhodes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neal@mnopltd.com" target="_blank">neal@mnopltd.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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So, if you were looking for a drive-away quote on a rack mount RedHat server with 8TB of SSD, 32GB of RAM, at least 16 cores, basically a single purpose box to hold a copy of a 6TB database so we can do selective extracts and reporting, and the operant word is "a whole lot faster than a Solaris box reading an EMC drive share" where would you go? <br>
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I've just spend a rather unsatisfying half hour wandering through Dell's website, only to conclude that although I can find 2TB Samsung SSD drives for $600, by the time you buy their hot-plug drives you are staring at more like $2K a pop. <br>
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So, we don't care about possible drive failure, 'cause it's a extract application anyway. <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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Neal Rhodes<br>
MNOP Ltd
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Just my $.02, your mileage may vary, batteries not included, etc....</div>
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