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Re: [Xen-devel] RAM allocation and miscellaneous questions



The parts are readily available in NZ and I would be surprised if you couldn't 
find a local supplier in Wellington to put a system together for you.  You 
would be getting support for the parts rather than support for the system in 
this case though.  Which is what I assume the issue would be.

On Thursday 30 September 2004 21:02, Keir Fraser wrote:
> How odd -- I expected that in most places there would be multiple
> white-box vendors selling Opteron-based systems. It's not like the
> component parts are in short supply. Except maybe in NZ. :-)
>
>  -- Keir
>
> > Hmmmmmm. Lots of RAM :o)
> >
> > Yes, I do have a 'cluster', but only two machines so far. The problem for
> > me is that multi-processor Opteron 1u machines (or 2u or 4u for that
> > matter) are hard to come by here in New Zealand, unless we pay through
> > the nose for an HP or other big-name machine. I can get dual Xeon
> > machines pretty cheap though. If I look at the Opteron option, I'll have
> > to compare it to just buying more Xeons. Either way, it's going to cost
> > more for our initial cluster than it would if I could just use 12GB in a
> > cheap Xeon unit. Don't get me wrong though, if Opteron units were
> > available here I would have got them from the outset.
> >
> > Personally I have no issue with sourcing machines from Australia or
> > somewhere, but my bosses will be reluctant due to support issues, etc.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Paul
>
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