[plug] decent INTEL SMP boxes in Perth?

[Christopher Darby]

id still say go with the SGI over the DEC you will find that an
identical speced machine is far cheaper from SGI than its DEC
counterpart, of course these are Intel based not Alpha

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kenworthy Family [SMTP:billk at opera.iinet.net.au]
> Sent:	Wednesday, 13 October 1999 2:35 PM
> To:	plug at linux.org.au
> Subject:	Re: [plug] decent INTEL SMP boxes in Perth?
> 
> Try DEC (Compaq?) - they used to have multiple alpha box's to drool
> over (if
> you have not fainted from the price!!)  Not sure how they run linux
> but they
> had digital unix on the ones I saw.  At the price range multiple intel
> cpu
> systems would be in, it may be worth investigating some real hardware
> with less
> processors but more grunt.  All speculation of course!!
> 
> BillK
> 
> 
> David Griffiths wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone have a good knowledge Perth suppliers of reliable dual
> (or
> > better yet, quad!) cpu systems that run linux happily? (Or better
> yet,
> > actually support linux on the systems provided).
> >
> > So far I've looked at the Dell and HP (XL550 looks promising
> shipping with
> > Red Hat) offerings, have yet to check out IBM, Acer, Gateway and
> Compaq.
> >
> > The only quad capable system I've seen so far is SGI's 1400L server
> - but a
> > system with 11 fans is probably a bit of overkill for what we want
> to do
> > (photochemical smog modelling).
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Dave.
> >
> >
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