Dell plans for $399 Server

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hmurchisonhmurchison
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030721S0002



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Dell on Monday rolled out the PowerEdge 400SC, a single-processor server with an 833MHz front-side bus that lists for under $500.

Aimed at small- and mid-sized businesses and targeting applications such as print and file serving, the 400SC can be configured with a single processor -- up to a Pentium 4 running at 3.2GHz -- and equipped with as much as 4GB of memory.



A pair of IDE or SCSI hard drives can be slotted into the server, which can also be optionally equipped with RAID controllers.



Available immediately starting at $399, the 400SC comes with Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, or Red Hat Linux pre-installed.



Hmm so let me see. I can buy a Dell Server for $400 keep the Windows Server 2003 and toss the hardware?



Gotta love those "starting at" qualifiers.

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  • Reply 1 of 12
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by hmurchison

    Gotta love those "starting at" qualifiers.



    Exactly. Sounds like you'll be getting an empty ATX case and a cdr with Red Hat on it for 399. If you actually want a motherboard, and, who knows, maybe even a harddisk or something fancy like, say, a graphics card, you'll be paying for it.
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  • Reply 2 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    833 Mhz FSB??? that is like 208.25mhz quad-pumped... dell is overclocking? that is odd!
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  • Reply 3 of 12
    crusadercrusader Posts: 1,129member
    Wow, maybe I should buy this instead of that 1.6 Ghz G5, I'd be able to play Deus Ex: Invisible War when it comes out for PC



    Well the base model looks like this:
    Quote:

    PowerEdge 400SC

    Free Upgrade to an Intel® P4 2.26GHz,533FSB at a Celeron 2.0

    price



    \tQty: 1

    Price: $499.00

    PowerEdge 400SCt_\tFree Upgrade to an Intel® P4 2.26GHz,533FSB at a Celeron 2.0 price



    Memoryt_\t128MB DDR, ECC, 333MHz



    Keyboardt_\tNO KEYBOARD OPTION\t_



    Monitort_\tNO MONITOR OPTION



    1st Hard Drivet_\t40GB 7.2K RPM IDE Hard Drive



    Floppy Drivet_\t3.5 in, 1.44MB



    Operating Systemt_\tNo Operating System, Red Hat Linux Configuration



    Mouset_\tNo Mouse Option



    Network Adaptert_\tOnboard NIC\t_\tOB



    CD ROM/DVD ROMt_\t48X CD-ROM



    Documentationt_\tElectronic Documentation PowerEdge 400SC



    Hard Drive Configurationst_\tC1, Motherboard IDE, Ascending Order, 1 Hard drive



    Hardware Support Servicest_\t1Yr,Parts + Onsite Labor (Next Business Day)



    Installation Support Servicest_\tNo Installation



    Oh yea, you get a $150 discount b/c you "Buy from the Small Business Division."
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  • Reply 4 of 12
    jlljll Posts: 2,713member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Crusader

    Wow, maybe I should buy this instead of that 1.6 Ghz G5, I'd be able to play Deus Ex: Invisible War when it comes out for PC



    On an ATI Rage XL?
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  • Reply 5 of 12
    crusadercrusader Posts: 1,129member
    Yeah man. I'm aiming for .09 FPS per sec
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  • Reply 6 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Crusader

    Yeah man. I'm aiming for .09 FPS per sec



    0.09 FPS... don't push the little GPU too hard, it might kill itself.
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  • Reply 7 of 12
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    Is there any reason to have a floppy drive on a server?
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  • Reply 8 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Wrong Robust

    Is there any reason to have a floppy drive on a server?



    Emergency boot disk.

    Install BIOS or firmware updates.



    Rare, yes, but it doesn't hurt to be safe.
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  • Reply 9 of 12
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Brad

    Emergency boot disk.

    Install BIOS or firmware updates.



    Rare, yes, but it doesn't hurt to be safe.



    really? you can store a whole boot volume on a floppy?
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  • Reply 10 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Wrong Robust

    really? you can store a whole boot volume on a floppy?



    LOL. I guess you've never troubleshooted windows before, have you?



    Shoot, Mac OS used to boot off a single floppy.
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  • Reply 11 of 12
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    You can get it for $349 actually, but I hope none of you are planning on buying one to make it a gaming PC. There's no AGP slot among other things. I know with the PowerEdge 600SC, the PCI slots are keyed because they are incompatible with some PCI cards too.
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  • Reply 12 of 12
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Brad

    LOL. I guess you've never troubleshooted windows before, have you?



    Shoot, Mac OS used to boot off a single floppy.



    yeah, I knew it USED to, but I couldn't imagine in today's world that being the case. But yea, I've never troubleshot for a windows server before, though I can't tell you how many times I've attempted troubleshooting windows machines





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