From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rover (rover.mkp.net [209.217.122.9]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCE0848BD for ; Fri, 8 Mar 2002 16:39:47 -0700 (MST) To: Bill Broadley Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] New Cheap HP RP2430 From: "Martin K. Petersen" References: <20020308141312.B6207@sphere.math.ucdavis.edu> Date: 08 Mar 2002 18:39:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20020308141312.B6207@sphere.math.ucdavis.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Broadley writes: Bill> Hey, just heard about the new HP RP2430: Bill> http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/rackoptimized/rp2400/specifications.html Bill> Part number is A6889A: Bill> 650 Mhz PA-8700 with 2.25 MB cache 2 64 bit/66 Mhz 128 MB ram Bill> 1.9 GB/sec, 2GB max (claimed peak) 2U Ultra scsi and Ultra2 Bill> scsi 100baseT and 10BaseT (2 ethernet I believe) 2 serial (inc Bill> serial console) Bill> $1095!!!!!! Bill> It has no disk, but HP says they will ship it without. The disk Bill> prices are unfortunately insane. I don't know if my A500 was special, but it came with a disk carrier in the empty storage bay. And it uses standard SCA drives. So I added an extra drive. If that's the case on the new machines too, Bob's your uncle... -- Martin K. Petersen Cereal Bowl Engineer, Linuxcare, Inc. http://mkp.net/ SGI XFS, Linux/PA-RISC, GNOME