[Info-vax] Blade Servers in Stock - $979 each

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-06-02 kl. 03:47, skrev David Turner:
> Believe it or not, the DS15s are only slightly more than the DS10s
> Thing is, there are still Tru64 users out there, and putting Tru64 on a
> DS15 is not worth the time or headaches....
> The DS15 was an afterthought with Tru64. Different altogether to OPenVMS on
> DS15 which was a "native" install

OK. I belive you... :-)

I have the last 6 months helped with the setup of VMS 8.4
on 6 DS15s for some sites at a customer. Remember the
discussion half a year ago about DEClab? :-)

Jan-Erik.


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> David
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>
> On 6/1/2016 5:57 PM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>> Den 2016-06-01 kl. 20:34, skrev Phillip Helbig (undress to reply):
>>> In article <sdadnQbpvdUsj9LKnZ2dnUU7-anNnZ2d at supernews.com>, David
>>> Turner <dturner at islandco.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> For some reason, DS10s are the flavour/flavor of the month
>>>
>>> I'm not surprised.  People who really need the power won't be trading in
>>> used kit.  Those that don't probably have no need for Itanium.  The DS10
>>> is reasonably powerful, small, cheap, quiet, economical.
>>>
>>
>>  From a brooker I know, I understand that the highest market pressure
>> at the moment is on the DS15 and DS25 servers. That is as high up
>> you can get with small/medium sized Alpha boxes. But DS10s might
>> be better priced, of course...
>>
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