| | | | | | | | | . | Server | | | | | | | | . | | 1 | Sun x4450 | $23,369 | $23,369 | | 2u | Holy s#$! This thing is amazingly powerful. | . | | | (see X4450 sheet for details) | | | | | | . | | | | | | | | | . | Storage | | | | | | | | . | | 2 | 3Ware 9690SA-8E | $595 | $1,190 | | 0 | PCIe x8, 8 port (in 2 * x4 ports), Battery backup, 512MB RAM cache | . | | 2 | Xtore SAS Disk Enclosure XJ-SA26-110R-B | $3,501 | $7,002 | | 1u | 10 2.5" SAS hot-swap drive enclosure, hot-swap power supplies, dual IO ports (4x3Gb/sec = 1.2GB/sec for each 4 port connector) | . | | 20 | Seagate Savvio 15k 73GB Hard Drives ST973451SS | $560 | $11,200 | | 0 | Fast, small, low-power | . | | | | | | | | | . | Network | | | | | | | | . | | | | | | | | | . | | | | | | | | | . | Power | | | | | | | | . | | 1 | UPS | | | | 3u | | . | | | | | | | | | . | Total | | | | $42,761 | | | | . | | | | | | | | | . | Alternatives | | | | | | | | . | | 1 | Promise VTrak E-Class Disk Enclosure | | | | | | . | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | . | | 20 | 160GB Seagate / Momentus 7200.2 2.5" SATA Hard drives | $170 | $3,400 | | | Cheaper, but slower | . | | 16 | 300GB Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 3.5" SAS drives | $684 | $10,944 | | | Faster, but bigger and use more power (from 1u to 2u) | . | | 16 | 3.5" SATA drives | | | | | Slower and use more power, but HUGE and cheaper (from 1u to 2u) | . | | | | | | | | | . | | 2 | Adaptec RAID 3805 | $745 | $1,490 | | 0 | PCIe x8, 8 port (in 2 * x4 ports), 256MB cache, 800MHz, optional battery |
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