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>From: Unidata Support <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200503041554.j24FsHv2021427 equipment Hi Jeff, After meeting with NOAA/FSL folks today, I find that I need to update some comments I sent to you this morning. re: >The only comment I would like to make is that the UPC is moving towards >64-bit systems, and Xeons are 32-bit. This is incorrect. The Dell PowerEdge 2850 Xeons are apparently 64 bit processors. This was news to me. re: >The configuration of the V20Zs we have is: > >dual 2 Ghz Opteron >4 GB RAM >dual 72 GB 10K RPM SCSI (I am not positive on the disk space here) >cost of $3000 under an educational discount program that has now ended >unit is in a 2U box Our machines have dual 36 GB 10K RPM SCSI disks, not dual 72 GB ones. Also, the V20Zs are 1U not 2U. Sun has a newer version of this box out that has faster Opteron processors, dual 72 GB SCSI disks, but not as much RAM (2 GB vs 4 GB) for -- I believe -- $3500. Your PowerEdge 2850 specs has a lot of disk, and that will significantly bump the cost of a machine. We don't need much disk on our IDD relay machines, so we were not concerned with purchasing added capacity. The rest of my comments stand: - we have found the V20Zs to be excellent performers for LDM relay activities - we really like Fedora Core 3 64-bit, and were informed that RedHat Enterprise WS 4 is essentially FC3 turned into a supported distribution by RH - the V20Zs do not perform well as user workstations since its video support is poor >>PowerEdge 2850: >>------------------------- >>Intel Xeon dual processor at 3.6GHz/2MB Cache, 800MHz FSB >>4GB DDR2 400MHz (4X1GB), Single Ranked DIMMs >>Riser with PCI-X Support and Embedded Raid (ROMB) Support >>4 x 300GB 10K RPM Ultra 320 SCSI Hard Drive >>Drives attached to PERC4/DC card, RAID 5 >>PERC4eDC-PCI Express, 128MB Cache, 2-Internal Channels >>2+4 Split Backplane Daughtercard >>24X IDE CD-RW/DVD ROM Drive for PowerEdge Servers, All OS >>1.44MB Floppy Drive >>Dual On-Board NICs >>Rack Chassis w/Rapid Rails for Dell, HPQ or other Square Hole Racks, >>PE2850 >> >>With a university discount, the estimated cost is $9,661.80. >>****************** Sorry for the earlier misinformation... Cheers, Tom Yoksas -- NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.