Just a final call, in case I find a discount / facility, otherwise it's suns!

Premis is to install ubuntu 8.04, I know it, I don't know solaris sadly.

Raid 10, both apparently can do this of the associated cards. SAS as it's a 1u box, space at co-lo is by the U and power consumption / bandwidth...unless I pay for the 10Mb unmetered

Final thoughts as it will be ordered very shortly; incidentally I'm on the sun start up's program so get a good discount on the sun option; it's about the same price as the dell.

Sun Fire X4150 x64 Rack-Mount Server

2 x Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5440 processor (2x6MB L2, 2.83 GHz,

1333 MHz FSB, 80W), 8GB of memory (4x2GB PC2-5300 667 MHz

ECC fully buffered DDR2 DIMMs), 4x 146GB 10K RPM 2.5 SAS

drives, internal built-in SAS RAID PCI-Express HBA, DVD+/-RW

drive, 2x PSU, embedded LOM, 4x 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 5x

USB 2.0 ports, 3x 8-lane PCI-Express slots, . Standard

Configuration. RoHS-5.

Versus:

Base:

Quad Core Intel® Xeon® L5410, 2.33GHz, 2x6M Cache, 1333MHz FSB (50W) 151883 1 [210-20890] 1

Additional Processor:

Quad Core Intel® Xeon® L5410, 2.33GHz, 2x6M Cache, 1333MHz FSB (50W) 150700 1 [374-11633] 2

Support Services:

3Yr ProSupport for IT and 4hr Mission Critical 135735 1 [710-10491] 30

Base warranty:

1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day 135702 1 [709-10036][709-10037] 29

Memory:

8GB Memory, 667MHz (4x2GB Dual Ranked FB DIMMs) - Energy Smart 83752 1 [370-12779] 3

Rack Mounting Rails:

Rack Chassis with Sliding Rapid/Versa Rails, Universal 64337 1 [770-10635] 88

Riser Card:

Riser with PCIe Support (2x PCI Express slots) 64346 1 [330-10062] 270

Front Bezel:

PE1950 Bezel Assembly 64361 1 [350-10163] 669

Factory Installed Operating System:

Not Included 65590 1 [611-10036] 285

Raid Connectivity:

RAID 10 Configuration, Add-in PERC5/i or 6/i Controller (requires 4x 2.5" HDDs) 130934 1 [780-10917] 35

1st RAID or SCSI Controller Card:

PERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller Card 130942 1 [405-10805] 278

Backplanes:

1x4 Backplane for Energy Optimized Chassis with 2.5-inch Hard Drives 132709 1 [404-10121] 56

1st Hard Drive:

146GB, SAS, 2.5-inch, 10K RPM Hard Drive (Hot Plug) 99341 1 [400-13267] 668

2nd Hard Drive:

146GB, SAS, 2.5-inch, 10K RPM Hard Drive (Hot Plug) 99341 1 [400-13267] 23

3rd Hard Drive:

146GB, SAS, 2.5-inch, 10K RPM Hard Drive (Hot Plug) 99341 1 [400-13267] 54

4th Hard Drive:

146GB, SAS, 2.5-inch, 10K RPM Hard Drive (Hot Plug) 99341 1 [400-13267] 51

Installation Services:

You have chosen not to take the Dell PowerEdge installation service 76588 1 [683-11870] 32

Order Information:

PowerEdge Order - United Kingdom 32396 1 [800-10511] 111

Power Supply:

One Non-Redundant Power Supply 130941 1 [450-11658] 41

TCP/IP Offload Engine Enablement:

TCP/IP Offload Engine (2P TOE) Ready 151703 1 [541-10036] 165

Optical Devices:

24X CD Drive, Internal, Half Height 64750 1 [429-10766] 16

Optional Documentation:

English Tech Sheet for PE1950/PE2950 - Energy Smart 83745 1 [340-14168] 132

Shipping Documents:

European - Documentation and Rack Power Cord 64342 1 [340-13544] 21

System Documentation:

OpenManage Server Software, with CD & documentation 64360 1 [631-10103] 287

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Don't worry abuot not knowing Solaris; if you did know it you'd only hate it

Sorry to take this of topic (PM if you prefer) but can I ask where you've decided on colo? And approx costs?

Thanks,

Why not CentOS rather than Ubuntu.. IIRC CentOS will be rock solid as it uses slightly older better tested software and has support for 7 years :eek: and has a major release every 18-24 months. Where as Ubuntu seems to be more bleeding edge with less stable software and has a major release every 6 months. CentOS is also Enterprise class and while it might not have the huge user community ubuntu has, most RHEL and fedora stuff applies. Just my 2 pence worth.

Cue the linux distro argument

CentOS is a free version of RedHat Enterprise Linux. They just take the RHEL, remove the stuff they can't use and then release.

Similar level of stability to Ubuntu server versions, but I'd rather have Ubuntu server editions due to apt every single time. It's got 5 years support too.

Personally I'd get Solaris x86 on a PC have a play and see what you think before you write it off.

I know I've said this before Colin, but What about the T1/T2 hardware? Much better at dealing with the high thread count of web serving than a quad core Xeon IMHO.

Edited 7 January, 200917 yr by cheezemonkhai

Mark,

True I just don't know it. By that I mean I don't know how ubuntu etc perform on it and perhaps more importantly how the webserving software we use handles it. Alot of documentation and examples exists and when it's late that helps. Also things like plesk withdrew support for solaris. Sorry to say, I don't know if ubuntu even works on it.

I did try solaris on a vm, it got to the install and fell over, re downloaded all the images, checked, and it did it again...it went past my knowledge and failed the can I be ... test.

As to ubuntu, the lts gives plenty of stability.

As to co-lo, melbourne in manchester, priced by the u and power/traffic. Have 7 servers with them at the moment, no complaints from me on them.

Well if the sun isnt too pricy then a single harpertown isn't bad.

If you want x86 and it was my call, plus if the site can deal with it I'd be waiting for nahaelem to come out myself due to the removal of the FSB and better scaling it may well offer.