Re: Any recommendations for $2500 server?

Also Dell used to sell reconditioned models at very good prices, check out their web site, they may still do it!

Dave Waterworth

John Seitz wrote in message ...
>Try looking at Dell servers. We just got a server that cost about $2500.00
>for a dual capable P2-450 with 10Gig scsi and 256megs of ram. We installed
>Oracle8.04 and it rocks. We don't do any web stuff like you are planning
on
>doing, but for a DB server it is really nice and cheap.
>
>John
>
>
>Helmuth Kristen <hkristen_at_cfa.harvard.edu> wrote in message
>news:376E6485.E5AC5728_at_cfa.harvard.edu...
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I am about to put a scientific (astronomy) database of perhaps a few Gb
>> on the web.
>> The planned maximum number of concurrent users is around five. The
>> server will
>> deliver also some java and javascript, but nothing too demanding.
>> I plan to use Oracle8i on a windows NT platform. Could anybody
>> recommend
>> a server machine in the $2500-3000 price range for this? I have had a
>> look at the
>> HP Kayak machines and would like to hear comments about those in
>> particular.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Helmuth Kristen
>> Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge MA
>>
>
>
Received on Tue Jun 29 1999 - 06:01:43 CDT