[Info-vax] rx2800i2 sales/support window changes

[Paul Sture]

On 2014-02-14, johnson.eric at gmail.com <johnson.eric at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, February 13, 2014 6:33:36 PM UTC-5, JF Mezei wrote:
>
>> Also, while the Tukwila system may have used many components that were
>> easily available (commodity) back in the 2007-2010 timeframe when the
>> system was designed, it does not mean that those components will still
>> easily commercially available for the long term. So again, they may want
>> to have a whole bunch of power supplies etc purchased.
>
> Interesting. I hadn't considered this angle of it. But everything you say
> makes sense.

To illustrate that kind of problem. in mid-2010 I bought a PC which came
with 2GB RAM occupying one of the 2 memory slots.  I could add another 2GB
for ~$50  but the 4GB units came in at $180 apiece.  It was a no brainer
to settle for 4GB maximum.

However 18 months later I really wanted more RAM to run virtual machine
instances, so the choice was between taking the hit on those 4GB units
(and of course hoping their price had dropped) or buying a second system.

By that time I couldn't find any of those 4GB units, let alone get a price
on them.  I imagine anyone who really needed those units had already got
them or was at the mercy of suppliers who knew how hard they were to find.

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Paul Sture